The Latest Breaking News on Should We Be Masking Up? What To Know About Australia’s New Covid Wave

"We are likely to see more pressure. They don't believe that the flu wave has peaked"

Only one-in-five recently detected cases are known to be reinfections, which suggests a past infection is at least a partly effective defence against prevailing strains.

Parents have been told it's not too late to make sure their children are protected from flu this year

The Welsh Government is advising people who have symptoms like a cough, sneeze, runny nose or sore throat to wear a face covering

Like a grotesque mirror image of Advent, the NHS “winter crisis” has become an annual fixture — a painful reminder of the limitations of the health service, a litany of awful anecdotes and a ritual political controversy.

It is the second official warning to consider wearing a mask in the last 24 hours

A "uniquely Australian" mix of variants will make treating severe COVID-19 more challenging, according to new research, with fewer effective drugs against new evasive strains of the virus.

It's already linked to one in 25 cases in the UK and 40.5 per cent of Covid cases in America

The rise in Covid-19 infections is coinciding with a spike in flu and similar respiratory illnesses to place a huge concern with overcrowding on the wards.

As of yesterday morning, there were 678 confirmed cases in hospitals – a rise of 11 from the previous day

Experts suspected a link to city’s seafood market