The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

‘This is likely the beginning of a BA.5 wave’

The growing prevalence of the virus is likely to cause fresh disruption to public services

The growing prevalence of the virus could cause fresh disruption to public services.

Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE (NASDAQ:BNTX) have announced a new vaccine supply agreement with the U.S. government. Under the agreement, the U.S. government will receive 105 million doses (30 µg, 10 µg and 3 µg). This may include adult omicron-adapted COVID-19 vaccines, subject to the FDA authorization.  The doses are planned to be delivered…

The FDA will have to decide the exact recipe. But expect a combination shot that adds protection against omicron or some of its newer relatives to the original vaccine.

The latest figures published on Friday by the Office for National Statistics revealed that one in 20 people in Scotland currently have the virus.

Teachers have issued a Covid warning after the number of children off school rose by a quarter in two weeks.

BA.4 and BA.5 have already triggered a rise in infections in the UK, with experts warning that the country is already in the midst of its fifth coronavirus wave with nearly 300,000 people infected each day