The Latest Breaking News on COVID-19

Figure rises from 5,501 people on 7 December to 6,720 on 14 December, according to NHS data

Almost 1 million people in China may die from Covid-19 as the government rapidly abandons pandemic curbs, according to a new study by researchers in Hong Kong.

New estimates show COVID-19 has been responsible for approximately 14.83 million excess deaths worldwide, up to three times more than previously reported.

The health challenges that a bout of COVID-19 sometimes leaves in its wake can be troublesome, scary and quite mysterious. New research confirms they can be deadly as well.

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines have played a large role in preventing deaths and severe infections from COVID-19. But researchers are still in the process of developing alternative approaches to vaccines to improve their effectiveness, including how they’re administered. Immunologist and microbiologist Michael W. Russell of the University at…

The virus has been spreading not as a single dominant variant but more as a mixture of descendants. When transmission is high in winter, a new dangerous variant might emerge and cause a large wave like a year ago

Scientists say it can also beat the vaccine

The Omicron subvariant, detected in the UK, is driving a huge surge in infections across China

Health officials cease recording asymptomatic cases as shortages of medical supplies and testing kits reported in wake of sudden end to strict Covid policy

Health authorities remind public that booster jabs available as cases tilt upwards

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