The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

It comes after a new strain has started to spread

Most common symptoms revealed as UKHSA warns Covid is currently ‘circulating at high levels’

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

Professor of Immunology at Trinity College Dublin Dr Kingston Mills says the Omicron BA5 variant is the most easily spread to date

A new COVID-19 variant called XBB.1.5 is driving a new wave of infections. But susceptibility to it is not, as some contend, being fueled by vaccines. Still, the surges of ever more immune-evasive variants raise legitimate questions about whether vaccines and boosters are still protecting us from infection, or should…

The country has seen its first confirmed case of the XAY.2 variant of Covid-19 but people close to the patient were not infected, according to the Department of Medical Sciences.

The omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has now been around for more than a year. Before omicron became dominant, there had been a quick succession of named variants of concern – from alpha, to beta, to gamma, to delta. But now it seems as though we’re…

Highest rates show in areas from Cornwall to Carlisle as health chiefs warn virus still circulating widely

When Ryan Gregory noticed the name "Centaurus" pick up steam on Twitter, he was intrigued.