HEALTH

Schools have shut across France as teachers stage a mass strike in protest against the government's handling of the coronavirus crisis.

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Even as the Omicron variant sweeps around the world, public health officials have noted that, in most cases, the number of Covid patients in hospitals… Read more

France will relax its restrictions for those travelling from the UK from Friday, the government has announced.

Vaccinated travellers will no… Read more

MANILA, Jan 15 (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry confirmed the local spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant around Manila on Saturday,… Read more

Poorer nations last month rejected more than 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines distributed by the global programme COVAX, mainly due to their… Read more

Confirmed Covid cases have risen among school age children in London, official figures have revealed.

They show that the seven-day infection rate for… Read more

Covid vaccinations could soon be given to some primary school pupils in the UK after the medicines regulator approved the use of a Pfizer jab in children… Read more

Britain is not yet out of the “danger zone” from the Omicron surge despite studies showing the variant has a milder impact on many people,… Read more