The Latest Breaking News from WHO

The new Arcturus variant is said to be more infectious

Drug-resistant infections kill around 700,000 people a year globally

The new variant has seen officials in India reintroduced mask rules

The Covid subvariant Arcturus is leading to skyrocketing infections in India and has prompted health officials to reintroduce mandatory mask-wearing among other measures as a new symptom has emerged

The mosquito-borne disease kills more than 600,000 people every year, mostly children

Ghana is the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine, from Oxford University, aimed at children under the age of three, who are most at risk of dying from the disease.

While COVID-19 rates in the U.S. are relatively low and are declining, The World Health Organization is keeping an eye on a new COVID-19 variant. The omicron subvariant XBB.1.16, known as "Arcturus," has been listed by the WHO as a variant under monitoring since March 22. Experts say this variant…

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 22 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.