Latest developments as Philippines reports record 26,458 cases and scientist says Omicron variant could become endemic in UKRequiring PCR tests for isolation funds in UK may fail legal test’See all our coronavirus coverageThe north-east and north-west …
Twitter permanently suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s personal account
Georgia Republican’s Covid misinformation violation prompts move, after being issued a ‘fourth strike’ in AugustThe personal Twitter account of the Georgia Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has been permanently suspended, for violating po…
Police release image of woman wanted over Milton Keynes anti-vaxx protest
Dozens of people enter test-and-trace centre and appear to damage and remove equipment in videos shared on social media Police have released an image of a woman wanted in connection with a theft during an anti-vaccine protest at a test-and-trace centre…
Anti-vaxxers denounce Covid testing centre in ‘freedom’ march through Milton Keynes
Protesters seen in video appear to confuse test site with vaccine centre while claiming to have ‘woken up’Confused anti-vaccine protesters entered a test and trace centre in Milton Keynes on Wednesday, appearing to believe it was a coronavirus vaccine …
UK scientists: bring in curbs now or face up to 2m daily Covid infections as Omicron spreads
Deaths could hit 6,000 a day and delaying restrictions until New Year will cut effectiveness, say Sage expertsRead more: is there any good news at all on Omicron?The scale of the threat posed by the Omicron variant was laid bare by government scientist…
Coronavirus live: WHO warns Covid vaccines may be less effective against Omicron variant
Latest updates: Omicron risk remains ‘very high’, says latest WHO statement; Olaf Scholz vows to ‘win the fight’ against Covid in first major address to German parliament US passes 800,000 Covid-related deaths – highest in the worldUK Omicron infection…
Covid live: Thailand to speed up booster jab roll-out; SA president Ramaphosa has ‘mild symptoms’ after positive Covid test
Thailand halves to three months time between administering second shot and a booster; 69 year-old South African president tested positive for Covid-19 on SundayFauci urges Americans to get Covid booster as US nears 800,000 deathsNew Zealand investigate…
Covid live: people in Scotland urged to cancel Christmas parties; UK reports another 50,867 cases and 148 deaths
People and businesses in Scotland been urged not to go ahead with parties; UK daily case tally remains above 50,000South African Covid cases up 255% in a week as Omicron spreadsStricter measures than plan B may be needed to stop Omicron in UKItalian w…
Covid news live: Omicron likely to become dominant variant, Harvard researcher says; France to close nightclubs
The Omicron Covid variant is likely to ‘outcompete Delta’ in many, if not all, regions, an infectious disease researcher says; nightclubs in France will be ordered to close for four weeks to counter a Covid surgeNew York City sets Covid vaccine mandate…
UK’s progress on Covid now squandered, warns top scientist
Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of Wellcome Trust, suggests emergence of Omicron variant means pandemic is far from overCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe emergence of the Omicron variant shows that the world is “closer to the …