The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Scotland's National Clinical Director shared a photo of his positive test earlier on this afternoon as fears over a new wave of the virus grow.

Around one in 30 people in Scotland were estimated to have the virus in the week ending June 11 - but there are fears that it could be higher.

A modified coronavirus vaccine that targets the Omicron variant can be administered as a booster dose to broaden immunity, a technical advisory group set up the World Health Organization said on Friday. Such a variant-adapted vaccine may benefit those who have already received the primary series of shots, the agency's…

The FDA has granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech SE's (NASDAQ:BNTX) COVID-19 Vaccine as a three 3-µg dose series for children six months through 4 years of age.  Based on safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity data, the 3-µg dose was carefully selected as the preferred dose for children under five. The EUA…

Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 thought to be responsible for sudden increase, but Jubilee celebrations ‘would certainly not have helped’

Professor Linda Bauld, from Edinburgh University, was speaking as the latest figures showed the number of Scots believed to have Covid increased to one in 30 last week - up from one in 40 the previous week

New data shows the number of acute respiratory infection incidents (suspected outbreaks of the virus) had risen by almost 100 in a week

The Office for National Statistics says it's too early to say for certain if this is the start of a new wave

ONS figures show pandemic is not over, say experts, with Omicron variants probably to blame