This variant seems to be causing a new symptom not commonly seen with earlier COVID strains.

Britons have been urged to wear face masks on public transport amid the rapid spread of the Arcturus variant of Covid.

FIVE Brits have died after catching the new Arcturus Covid strain, which is making its way around the UK. The Omicron-spin off, which is considered to be the most infectious version of the dis…

105 XBB.1.16 cases have been identified in England, with cases located in all regions apart from the North East

Scientists believe that immunity built up from previous infections, as well as warmer weather, have prevented the subvariant from taking hold

First Arcturus fatality recorded in Thailand yesterday

Scientists believe lasting symptoms following a coronavirus infection are not a single disorder. So new clinical trials are hunting for a range of solutions.

Arcturus Covid variant meaning

Around five million people in total are eligible for a booster until the end of June.

Cases are spreading fast in India.

XBB.1.16 strain detected in 22 countries so far and is driving up infection rate in India

The World Health Organisation said it is currently monitoring the new variant

Some five million people in England are eligible for a spring booster, including those aged 75 and over.

The advice clashes with FDA’s suggestion to treat COVID boosters like flu shots.

Genetic data released by China three years after it was gathered has provided ‘the best evidence’ of how the pandemic started, scientists say.

The genetic data paints a picture of spillover in one zone of the market.

A VERY weird Covid symptom has been discovered by scientists for the first time. Researchers found some people who catch the disease suffer from a condition know as “face blindness”. Th…

‘It was as if my dad’s voice came out of a stranger’s face,’ says portrait artist studied by researchers

Although people with severe COVID had highest risk, mild cases also upped risks.

VULNERABLE Brits are set to get another Covid booster this spring, health chiefs have confirmed. The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has advised that an additional jab be off…

Christopher Wray accuses the Chinese government of “doing its best to try to thwart and obfuscate” efforts by the US and others to learn more about the pandemic’s origins.

MOST people who catch Covid-19 recover within a few days, with the majority having cold-like symptoms. However, medics have now issued a warning after it was found that those who’ve had the b…

Researchers have turned one of the crucial features against itself.

The company did not say how long the vaccines would remain free. The announcement comes after a proposed price hike was widely criticized.

COVID cases and hospitalisations have risen sharply in the UK over the past week, with two new variants gaining momentum. It comes as millions of Brits have just two days to get their Covid booster…

The Coronavirus pandemic appears to still be worrying scientists – despite the United Kingdom being out of it for more than a year – as a new strain has sparked concern

That’s not what you want.

People aged 16-49 in England have until 12 February to take up the offer of a vaccine booster.

MOST people who catch Covid will recover in a few days. But for some, they have been left with long term symptoms that can make daily life a struggle. More than a million Brits report long Covid a …

Cambridge scientists are continuing to use volunteers’ blood to develop the next Covid-19 vaccines.

China’s COVID secrecy and “fairly limited” systemic global monitoring “leads to a perpetual risk of a wider outbreak of infections,” a Stanford professor said.

The advisory panel said that a single annual vaccine would be less confusing and more effective to health care workers and patients alike. 

‘Emergency’ surge vaccines could also be required if a new variant arises that is different to Omicron

Research based on tissues from aborted foetuses found evidence that coronavirus infection might be linked to brain haemorrhages in unborn children.

The study of over 13,000 pregnancies found that those infected with COVID-19 were seven times as likely to die during childbirth.

U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc and German partner BioNTech’s updated COVID-19 shot could be linked to a type of brain stroke in older adults, the CDC and FDA reported.

Data suggests the bivalent boosters are working well against omicron.

XBB.1.5, or ‘kraken’, can evade our immune systems better than earlier variants, and appears to be more infectious. But it’s not cause for alarm.

After looking at the information of almost two million people, researchers in Israel found that mild symptoms of the virus will not lead to serious or chronic long-term health effects.

It’s a big moment for China – which is finally ditching one of the central planks of its zero-COVID strategy – but concerns remain over a surge in cases in the country.

After a year of omicron variants, will we ever see a new variant of concern?

With mass Lunar New Year travel later this month, COVID may devastate rural areas.

90% of people living with long COVID initially experienced only mild illness.

BRITS coming down with Covid are most likely to experience a sore throat, as the new ‘Kraken’ strain spreads across the country. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has said it’s …

The latest Omicron variant is making scientists take notice in the US – so what do you need to know?

More images emerge of the situation overwhelming the health system in China as COVID continues to spread through a large population which possesses little immunity to the virus, while concern grows about how accurate the country’s data is over the outbreak.

Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead for Covid, told a press conference Wednesday: ‘We are concerned about its growth advantage in particular in countries in Europe and the US’

The CDC estimates that it’s causing 75 percent of new cases in the northeastern US.

Experts warned that the new subvariant is likely to be the dominant strain

China reported one new COVID-19 death in the mainland for Dec. 30, compared with one death a day earlier, the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention said on Saturday.