Covid Omicron: Biden buys 500m test kits to tackle surge
Coronavirus pandemic US President Joe Biden’s administration is to make 500 million rapid tests for Covid available free,…
WHO urges cancelling some holiday events over Omicron fears
Coronavirus pandemic The World Health Organization has urged people to cancel some of their holiday plans to protect public health…
Covid: Christmas travel will fuel spread of Omicron, US expert warns
Coronavirus pandemic Christmas travel will increase the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant, even among the fully vaccinated, the…
Covid-19: Omicron spreading at lightning speed – French PM
Coronavirus pandemic The Omicron variant is “spreading at lightning speed” in Europe and will likely become dominant in France by…
Covid: Omicron spreading at unprecedented rate, WHO says
Coronavirus pandemic The new coronavirus variant Omicron is spreading across the globe at an unprecedented rate, the World Health…
Omicron: WHO concerned rich countries could hoard vaccines
Coronavirus pandemic The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern that wealthy countries will start to hoard Covid vaccines in…
Covid: Pfizer says booster shot promising against Omicron
Coronavirus pandemic Pfizer and BioNTech have said a booster jab of their coronavirus vaccine promises to be an effective…
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…
Thailand: Newspaper rebuked over ‘hunts Africans’ headline
Coronavirus pandemic A central government agency tasked with managing Thailand’s Covid-19 response has reprimanded a local newspaper for its…