The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

There are concerns over Stealth Covid, BA.2, a subvariant of Omicron

European Medicines Agency has started reviewing AstraZeneca Plc's (NASDAQ:AZN) application for antibody-based COVID-19 therapy but gave no timeline for a conclusion. Infections from COVID-19 are still rising in parts of the world, including Europe. On Tuesday, China posted a steep jump in daily COVID-19 infections, with new cases more than doubling from a…

China's public health governance is expected to come under acute pressure in coming weeks as the biggest wave of COVID-19 cases since the 2020 Wuhan outbreak stretches medical resources, tests the country's ability to contain infections and strains the economy.

Western Australia is edging closer towards its Omicron peak, recording 6062 new daily infections and the death of a woman in her 80s.

China reports 5,280 new infections — more than double the previous day's tally — as the highly transmissible Omicron variant forces lockdowns and spreads across a country that has stuck tightly to a zero-COVID-19 strategy.

Around half of COVID-19 traces found in Victoria's wastewater are turning out to be the new Omicron BA.2 strain. Victoria recorded eight COVID deaths and 9,426 new cases yesterday.

Health professionals and locals in Lismore are expecting the new, more-contagious strain of the Omicron COVID variant will surge in a town that's already seen much heartache.

New figures reveal hundreds of Queensland children ended up in hospital with the virus during the Omicron wave but the state is still lagging behind all other states in vaccination rates.

When I began drafting this article, COVID cases in Australia were coming down and the situation was stabilising.