The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

In a significant step towards reforming Australia’s Reserve Bank, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has stepped outside the bank and outside of Australia to select Andrew Hauser, a British economist, as its new deputy governor.

Early studies hint that a nerve block in the neck could help restore long COVID patients' normal sense of smell, but more research is needed.

Optical fibres, which are thin cylindrical strands of glass, carry info like text, images, voices, videos, etc. Charles Kao predicted their use in telecommunication, for which he won a Nobel Prize in 2009. Light is guided through fibre optic cables using total internal reflection. Transmitter encodes info into optical signals,…

Greater Manchester mayor says Boris Johnson seemed unaware his region had been under tougher rules

A key Covid committee said Manchester should face tougher restrictions because it had not been willing to ‘co-operate’ with the Government.

Mayor was set to issue own advice to Londoners in bid to save lives

Sadiq Khan claimed Boris Johnson had been unaware that other countries had imposed lockdowns in March 2020.

‘Bad faith’ on part of Boris Johnson’s government meant ministers missed out on vital knowledge early in crisis, mayor tells inquiry

The mayor of London has told the Covid inquiry about his ‘disappointment’ that he was ‘kept in the dark’ by Downing Street about how the virus was spreading in London in 2020