The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

NSW Health is calling it "one of the most challenging quarters on record", citing the impact of the Omicron peak.

Study of triple vaccinated people also says Omicron infection does little to reduce chance of catching variant again

Patients in NSW faced longer waits for ambulances and in emergency departments as the COVID-19 Omicron variant surged.

Health secretary says emergency departments remain under significant pressure due to high Covid-19 and flu cases

As Jacinda Ardern soothed Kiwis about testing capacity, health officials were painting a different picture.

Virus may be evolving to refavour infecting lung tissue. We assess what this could mean for the course of the pandemic

It is too soon to see any impact of the recent slight rise in infections.

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

Health expert, Professor Devi Sridhar, has warned that there will be more deaths this winter due to another wave of Covid if the NHS does not have the appropriate resources

A spike in infections every three months seems to be the pattern, but the UK has the power to beat this if we act wisely, says Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh

China's urban populations have been enduring some of the most intense infection-prevention measures of the Covid-19 pandemic. For 60 straight days, Shanghai's 27 million residents were forced into a strict lockdown -- and they were not alone. During the peak of the Omicron BA.2 wave in the past two months,…