The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

WHO Panel Backs Use of Omicron-Adapted Vaccine as Booster Dose

A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity, a technical advisory group set up the World Health Organization said on Friday. Such a variant-adapted vaccine may benefit those who have already received the primary series of shots, the agency's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 17, 2022

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Receives FDA Emergency Use Nod For Kids As Young As Six Months

The FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE's (NASDAQ:BNTX) COVID-19 Vaccine as a three 3-µg dose series for children six months through 4 years of age.  Based on safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity data, the 3-µg dose was carefully selected as the preferred dose for children under five. The EUA…

Benzinga · Jun 17, 2022

Covid infections increased by 43% in week after platinum jubilee, new estimates show

Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 thought to be responsible for sudden increase, but Jubilee celebrations ‘would certainly not have helped’

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Covid-19 infection levels rising in all four UK nations

Prevalence of the virus remains well below the record high reached in the spring.

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2022

Covid-19 rises across all UK nations with Omicron variants blamed

Figures remain well below their record high of 4.9m in March

Wales Online · Jun 17, 2022

UK Covid infections leap by 43% in a week, latest ONS survey reveals

Covid levels have risen in all four nations of the UK amid the spread of the Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.

Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2022

Scotland experiencing another Covid wave 'caused by two Omicron variants'

Professor Linda Bauld says Covid boosters may be extended to a wider range of groups in autumn.

Daily Record · Jun 17, 2022

Scotland hit by Covid wave as cases of two Omicron variants increase

Latest data from the Office for National Statistics showed that around one in 40 people in Scotland had Covid-19, up from one in 50 the previous week.

Daily Record · Jun 17, 2022

Omicron variant less likely to cause long Covid than Delta, says new study

Researchers found that Omicron has less than half the chances of causing lasting symptoms than Delta

Daily Record · Jun 17, 2022

Scotland experiencing another Covid wave as one in 30 have virus, expert warns

SCOTLAND is experiencing another wave of Covid-19 infections as cases of two Omicron variants increase, a public health expert has said.

The National (Scotland) · Jun 17, 2022