Covid: First data points to Omicron re-infection risk
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Coronavirus pandemic The first real world data showing the coronavirus variant Omicron…
Covid: Don’t panic about Omicron variant, WHO says
Coronavirus pandemic The world should not panic about the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 but it should prepare, the…
Omicron: India reports first cases of new Covid variant
Coronavirus pandemic Two men in the southern Indian state of Karnataka have tested positive for the Omicron coronavirus variant.…
Covid: Trigger of rare blood clots with AstraZeneca jab found by scientists
By James Gallagher Health and science correspondent Coronavirus pandemic Scientists believe they have found “the trigger” that leads to…
Covid Omicron: Time to consider mandatory jabs, EU chief says
Coronavirus pandemic European Union countries should consider mandatory vaccination to combat Covid and the Omicron variant, the head of…
Covid: Travel and mask rules tightened over Omicron variant
By Alex Kleiderman BBC News Coronavirus pandemic Face coverings will become mandatory again in shops and on public transport in…
Coronavirus variant fear sparks Africa travel curbs
Coronavirus pandemic Travellers arriving in England from several southern African countries will have to quarantine amid warnings over a…
Covid vaccine to be mandatory for children in Costa Rica
Coronavirus pandemic Costa Rica has become the first country in the world to make Covid-19 vaccinations mandatory for children.…
How lifting Kenya’s curfew may push revellers to get jabbed
Coronavirus pandemic In our series of letters from African journalists, broadcaster Waihiga Mwaura looks at how Kenyans are loving their…
Covid: Call for rich nations to airlift millions of surplus vaccines
By Becky Morton BBC News Coronavirus pandemic More than 160 former world leaders and global figures have called on the…