The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

The ACT reported 509 new infections in the latest reporting period.

It’s no secret COVID is having a drastic impact on people’s wellbeing, and has worsened an already a rising trend in mental health problems. The Australian Institute for Health and Welfare’s latest figures indicate some of our most vulnerable are struggling even more than most.

A nurse who worked at Newmarch House during a COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 has described the aged care facility as a war zone and a horror movie.

MUMBAI: While Covid saw the death of a number of airlines worldwide, the Indian airline industry not only survived the pandemic but marked the birth of a new carrier as billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala's Akasa Air debuted on Sunday with a maiden flight from Mumbai to Ahmedabad.

MUMBAI: Densely-populated Andheri in the western suburbs but also places like Tardeo, Girgaum and Walkeshwar have collectively contributed to a fourth of the Covid-19 cases detected in the city last week. A slight uptick in cases and hospitalisations have been recorded over seven days in Mumbai, which civic officials believe…

There has been a significant increase in the number of non-COVID deaths since the Omicron wave took off, and that has doctors worried.

Here's a quick wrap of today's COVID-19 statistics from each state and territory.

COVID-19 complications are more of an issue for adolescents and young adults than the rare side-effect of myocarditis from mRNA virus vaccines, experts say.

KOLKATA: Responding to a sharp drop in Covid admissions over the last two-three weeks, two city private hospitals have formally shut down their Covid units for the first time since the pandemic struck in March, 2020. Another is set to follow from Monday.

Meanwhile £700m of support funds in business rates relief remains unpaid by local councils

Government seeks to reassure pupils taking GCSEs and A-levels after sharp rises in grades during pandemic