Omicron drives record rate of Covid infection in South African province
Officials say variant’s R number is believed to be above 6, though most cases are mild
Booster vaccines may be needed for vulnerable, says Europe’s medicines agency
‘Massive increase’ in unvaccinated teens being hospitalised in US due to Delta variant
How well do Covid-19 vaccines protect against the Delta variant?
Most agree that the leading shots still offer strong protection against severe disease
Vaccine boosters for coronavirus unlikely, says WHO expert
‘Immune response will be longer lived so hopefully we are not going to need boosters every year’
Modi critics arrested as second coronavirus wave continues to ravage India
Only three per cent of the country’s 1.3bn people have been fully vaccinated to date
India’s second Covid wave undermines herd immunity theory
Scientists unclear what is driving resurgence in cases across large number of states
Covid-19 pandemic ‘not necessarily the big one’, says WHO
World must learn to live with coronavirus and next pandemic may be more severe, WHO warns
Not enough Covid-19 vaccine for all until 2024, says biggest producer
Pharmaceutical companies not increasing capacity quickly enough – Serum Institute chief executive says
Covid-19: Russian vaccine generates antibody response in all trial participants
World update: France sees record number of new cases; New Zealand reports first death in months
Coronavirus: Lancet study on malaria drug retracted by authors
World Health Organisation resumes trials after doubts raised about published research
WHO says coronavirus emergency is ‘public enemy number one’
Virus named Covid-19 at two-day meeting of World Health Organisation in Geneva
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