The Latest Breaking News from Omicron

European Medicines Agency has started reviewing AstraZeneca Plc's (NASDAQ:AZN) application for antibody-based COVID-19 therapy but gave no timeline for a conclusion. Infections from COVID-19 are still rising in parts of the world, including Europe. On Tuesday, China posted a steep jump in daily COVID-19 infections, with new cases more than doubling from a…

South Korea reported more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, a new record, as the country continues to ease restrictions despite the Omicron-fuelled wave of infections. Health authorities said 400,741 cases were recorded, the country's highest daily figure since the pandemic began two years ago. The latest spike in cases…

Western Australia is edging closer towards its Omicron peak, recording 6062 new daily infections and the death of a woman in her 80s.

China reports 5,280 new infections — more than double the previous day's tally — as the highly transmissible Omicron variant forces lockdowns and spreads across a country that has stuck tightly to a zero-COVID-19 strategy.

Around half of COVID-19 traces found in Victoria's wastewater are turning out to be the new Omicron BA.2 strain. Victoria recorded eight COVID deaths and 9,426 new cases yesterday.

Health professionals and locals in Lismore are expecting the new, more-contagious strain of the Omicron COVID variant will surge in a town that's already seen much heartache.

New figures reveal hundreds of Queensland children ended up in hospital with the virus during the Omicron wave but the state is still lagging behind all other states in vaccination rates.

When I began drafting this article, COVID cases in Australia were coming down and the situation was stabilising.

Covid-19 cases are rising again around the country - and the North East is no exception.