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The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

UK Covid infections up for fifth week in a row

The percentage of people testing positive has risen among over-70s in England.

The Independent UK

NHS prescription charge to rise next month - see how much more you'll pay

Patients in England will pay more for NHS prescriptions from this April - it comes after the annual price rise was frozen last year due to the cost of living crisis

Daily Mirror

Biden seeks billions to stop a killer: Hepatitis C

The Biden administration is seeking billions of dollars for a new push to wipe out hepatitis C, a virus that has continued to kill thousands of people annually in the U.S. despite the existence of extremely effective medications that can cure the infection within months.

Los Angeles Times

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The latest COVID-19 news and case numbers from around the states and territories

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

ABC News

Research shows rise in nicotine use during early COVID

Australia's nicotine consumption increased by 30 per cent in the early stages of the pandemic due to high stress and restrictions, researchers suggest.

AAP

Three years into pandemic, it’s clear COVID won’t fix itself. This is what we need to focus on

On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organisation classified COVID-19 as a pandemic. Three years on, it remains just that. As much as we don’t want it to

The New Daily

UK's 'gold standard' Covid survey to stop recording data

Health officials say the survey will be "paused" from March 31. Any new surveys will be announced “in due course”.

Wales Online

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Norovirus warning as levels in England ‘very high’ - the symptoms you need to look for

Figures show that levels of winter viruses remain high for this time of year

Manchester Evening News

UK’s ‘gold standard’ Covid-19 infection survey to stop collecting data

The survey has run continuously for nearly three years.

The Independent UK

New Data Suggests NSW Could Be Copping Its Fifth Wave Of That Bloody Bastard Known As ‘COVID-19’

Encore! Encore!

Pedestrian.tv

New COVID-19 wave likely underway in NSW, weekly surveillance report shows

There have been four waves of COVID in NSW since Omicron became the dominant variant at the beginning of 2022, each one smaller than the last.

ABC News

Man who snorted cocaine so much he needed prosthetic nose issues drug warning

GRAPHIC IMAGE WARNING: The 49-year-old said he is grateful to medics who managed to surgically repair his damaged nasal septum, which began to die due to his recreational drug use.

Daily Record

Date confirmed for final Covid vaccines before NHS ends universal offer for good

Health and Social Care Secretary Steve Barclay made the announcement on Wednesday

Manchester Evening News

Scotland confirm spring Covid booster programme for over-75s for end of March

Scotland will offer out a spring Covid booster to those aged 75 and over at the end of March 2023

The National (Scotland)

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Daily Record

Scots nurses facing losing homes as calls made to support those with long Covid

Record View: Those who contracted Covid at work should have their illness classed as an industrial injury to enable them to claim proper compensation.

Zenger

A Small Portion Of Parents Have Downplayed About The Diagnosis Of COVID-19 To Their Kids

Parents have stressed about telling the truth about COVID-19 to their kids as they struggled to maintain their normal life.

The Independent UK

US parents told ‘serious and concerning’ lies about children’s covid status to keep them in school, study finds

Researchers suggest parents’ misrepresentation of child’s Covid-19 status may have contributed to the spread of virus

Daily Record

Vulnerable Scots to be offered spring Covid-19 vaccine boosters

Health Secretary Humza Yousaf confirmed top-up jags are expected to start before the end of the month.

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The Independent UK

What is long Covid, what are the symptoms and how long does it last?

Many still suffering from persistent after-effects of coronavirus

Irish Mirror

Covid-19 was third main cause of death in EU in 2020 - including 1,900 in Ireland

A report by the European Commission shows the virus was responsible for 8.5% of all deaths across the EU in the first year of the pandemic

Evening Standard

What is the UK’s Covid-19 spring booster programme and who is eligible for a vaccine?

London is still lagging behind parts of the country in terms of the vaccine uptake

Chicago Tribune

Study: 1 in 4 parents misled others about their child’s COVID status earlier in the pandemic

CHICAGO — Roughly 1 in 4 American parents lied to or misled others about their child’s COVID-19 status at the height of the pandemic, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Network Open, a journal of the Chicago-based American Medical Association.

Belfast Live

Spring Covid booster jabs being rolled out across Northern Ireland

Over 75s and some under 12s are on the list

The Guardian - UK

Vulnerable people in UK to be offered spring Covid booster vaccine

Those eligible are being urged to come forward for the jab as infections remain high across UK

The Independent UK

Covid booster vaccine to be offered to elderly and vulnerable

People aged 75 and over will be offered a vaccination, along with care home residents and anyone aged five and over who is immunosuppressed

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