The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Health expert, Professor Devi Sridhar, has warned that there will be more deaths this winter due to another wave of Covid if the NHS does not have the appropriate resources

A spike in infections every three months seems to be the pattern, but the UK has the power to beat this if we act wisely, says Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh

China's urban populations have been enduring some of the most intense infection-prevention measures of the Covid-19 pandemic. For 60 straight days, Shanghai's 27 million residents were forced into a strict lockdown -- and they were not alone. During the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave in the past two months,…

The pandemic's impact on our lives has waned over recent months - but the latest data shows cases and hospitalisations may have begun to bounce back.

ORLANDO, Fla. — COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising to levels last experienced during Florida’s winter surge as overlapping waves of omicron subvariants sweep through the state.

The US will lift its requirement that air travellers to the country take a COVID-19 test before boarding their flights while infections have risen in the UK.

Chennai records 129 cases; since March, 70% of all infections are due to Omicron

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are increasing in Los Angeles County, dashing hopes that the nation’s most populous county had turned the corner in the latest omicron wave.

Almost a million people in private households in the UK are estimated to have had the virus last week

UK could be entering third Covid wave this year but trend represents ‘small increase’ in positive tests

Infections are no longer falling, with some parts of Britain showing early signs of a possible increase