The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

Thailand on Saturday reported its first case of Omicron XE, a combination of two previous versions of the Omicron variant, shortly after the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned about the new hybrid.

Twelve hundred exhausted school rowers travel home from their national championships in Twizel today — a journey a thousand times shorter than the one to get there, writes Karen Holdom.

It comes as cases of Covid reach record highs in Scotland and across the UK.

The new symptom has been added to the list after a number of people with the virus made reference to trouble with their ears as a number of Brit sufferers cited ringing ears as something they have experienced after contracting Omicron

The Office for National Statistics estimated that 212,000 people had the virus in Wales in the week ending March 26

Only one in eight new infections are being counted on the Government dashboard.

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of Omicron, experts say

The number of hospitals and ambulances workers isolating or quarantining with COVID doubles in a week and a half, with Brisbane's northside, the Gold Coast, Cairns and the Darling Downs hardest hit.

“This latest wave of this Omicron virus is actually surging at the minute"

COVID-19 case counts plummeted following a winter marked by the highest case counts since the pandemic began. Federal, state, and local governments eased required prevention measures and shifted how they monitored the virus. Hawaii became the last state to remove its indoor mask mandate in late March. Daily case counts…

Pregnant women are under-vaccinated and under-boosted compared with the general population, says Dr Michelle Wise. But the vaccine is safe in pregnancy and also protects their unborn baby