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New data suggests peak of twindemic may have passed as hospitals suffer worst ever A&E crisis

As we enter the fourth year of the pandemic, many could be forgiven for feeling somewhat desensitised to these next few words: A new Omicron subvariant has emerged. Here's what we know about XBB.1.5 so far.

Reported symptoms include fatigue, difficulty concentrating, shortness of breath and aching muscles

Government figures show there has been a worrying upward trend of people experiencing long Covid symptoms

Officials and experts from China on Thursday attended an online meeting with the World Health Organization (WHO), China's national health commission said in a statement. During the meeting Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention officials and experts from Southeast University reported on China's latest COVID-19 prevention and control measures,…

The new Covid XBB.1.5 variant dubbed “The Kraken” currently surging across the US has already been spotted in parts of the UK.

A total of 2.1 million people – around one in 30 – currently have symptoms.

A new COVID-19 variant that was first detected last year has quickly become the dominant strain in the U.S. — and picked up a creepy moniker along the way.

In a matter of weeks it became the dominant strain in the USA, and it has now reached the UK