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Experts are on pins and needles over an avian virus called H5N1 that has killed 53% of the humans it infected

Flu cases have jumped as Australia emerges from the pandemic and abandons infection control measures, putting children at risk of hospitalisation.

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It is almost three years since the World Health Organisation characterised the Covid-19 outbreak as a pandemic. Working at breakneck speed, scientists managed to produce effective vaccinations in record time. The subsequent mass production of vaccines and their rollout by governments have enabled most of us to resume our daily…

An estimated 1.4 million people in private households in the UK were likely to have Covid-19 in the week to February 14, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)

Levels continue to rise throughout England, Wales and Scotland

Levels continue to rise in England, Wales and Scotland, though the trend is uncertain Northern Ireland.

There has been a small increase in the nation's daily average COVID-19 cases, according to the latest health department data

Here's a quick wrap of the COVID-19 news and case numbers from each Australian jurisdiction from the past week.