The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

The pandemic death toll has just passed 200,000 in the UK. Scientists reach for answers but it’s a messy, slow process

The latest subvariant of the Omicron strain of the coronavirus is as harmful to the lungs as the previous Delta variant although it still mainly attacks only the most vulnerable groups -- the unvaccinated and the under-vaccinated -- says an expert from Siriraj Hospital.

"Like we saw with Alpha and Omicron during the winters of 2020 and 21, we will very likely be talking about a new variant and wave come autumn time."

TOKYO: New daily Covid-19 infections in Japan hit a record high of 110,600, authorities said on Saturday, as the country enters a seventh wave spurred by the highly transmissible BA.5 Omicron subvariant.

Professor Denis Kinane, a world-leading Immunologist and founding Scientist of Cignpost Diagnostics, told The Mirror when people should return to work after catching Covid

Experts warn of fifth wave of infections as hospital admissions rise

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

Australia will reinstate support payments for casual workers who have to quarantine due to COVID-19, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as a fresh wave of Omicron-driven infections sweeps the country.

NEW YORK — Although new omicron subvariants are again driving COVID-19 hospital admissions and deaths higher in recent weeks, Americans are less inclined to mask up and get boosters because of pandemic burnout. Consequently, it’s a new opportunity for the mutating virus to reinfect the population with a different strain.

Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 continue to spread through Scotland and the rest of the UK.

Although its COVID cases spiked after a public holiday this week, Singapore has resisted reintroducing most restrictions, allowing residents to all but return to pre-pandemic life, ahead of September's Formula 1 Grand Prix.