The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

BA.5, part of the Omicron family, is the latest coronavirus variant to cause widespread waves of infection globally.

In a few short months, the weather will turn crisp, the holiday season will draw near, and the coronavirus may embark on its third consecutive winter of death and devastation.

Health officials in South Korea are expanding booster shots to adults 50 and over as COVID-19 cases creep up again across the country. The 40,226 new cases reported Wednesday marked the country’s highest daily jump in more than two months, although hospitalizations and deaths remain stable, AFP said. Baek Gyeongran,…

Biden administration urges caution as BA.5 COVID variant surges

My glorious two and a half year run of negative COVID tests came to a shuddering halt last week, after receiving a text confirming I was among the pandemic’s latest catch.

More than 160 Queensland residential aged care facilities are dealing with active COVID-19 outbreaks, with the third Omicron wave threatening to hit harder than the January peak.

NSW Health revised the COVID-19 reinfection period from 12 weeks to four weeks.

The coronavirus sub-variant BA.5 is rapidly spreading throughout Europe and has partly contributed to a spike in UK cases.

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is warning Americans to take the latest COVID-19 variant, BA.5, more seriously, but its stated strategy, released Tuesday, is to keep doing more of the same — encouraging masking, testing and getting vaccinated against COVID-19 when applicable.