The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

With an Omicron offshoot spearheading a burgeoning COVID-19 wave in Europe, countries need to accelerate vaccine uptake and bring back measures such as mask wearing to avoid stricter measures as autumn and winter approach, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official warned on Tuesday. In an interview with Reuters, WHO…

It is the third wave of Omicron infections so far this year.

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Dr Ashley Bloomfield dramatically scales back planned event, including cancelling the karaoke, in face of Omicron surge

‘Even having had Omicron, we’re not well protected from further infections,’ said Prof Danny Altmann

Virologists voice concerns about highly-contagious BA.2.75 which is thought to spread faster than its Omicron relatives

A year on from ‘freedom day’, government messaging promoting a sense of the pandemic being over is having the opposite effect, experts say

Super-contagious omicron subvariants that can reinfect people within weeks are fueling a new wave of the pandemic across California.

A joint letter to parents from bodies representing Victorian public, independent and Catholic schools is asking school students aged eight and over to wear masks in class.