The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

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Unsurprisingly, waiting lists for NHS treatment grew again in January as the health service battled the Omicron Covid-19 variant

Confirmation of the new Deltacron variant comes after several reports from scientists across the world, as one UK expert explained that the government must 'keep an eye' on the strain

Experts are divided on whether swabbing your throat before your nose might improve your chances of detecting Omicron with an at-home test.

Infections appear to be rising in over 55s as the BA.2 Omicron variant spreads, with experts sounding the alarm that the pandemic is not over yet despite Boris Johnson's 'Living with Covid' plan

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Greater Manchester's public health chiefs say the rise could become a 'challenge' as mass free testing winds down

Here's your TL;DR for this evening's news.

We only had a few weeks to enjoy life without masks and restrictions before a new mutation landed on the scene. But should we be worried?

As mask mandates lift in most states and coronavirus cases continue to drop, the “stealth” omicron subvariant, BA.2, is becoming more prevalent in the United States.

Brad Hazzard says new data shows the BA.2 sub-variant is becoming the dominant Omicron offshoot, and COVID-19 cases could "more than double" in weeks.