BBC Health News

The risk of needing hospital treatment could be 30 - 70% lower with Omicron than other variants.

Some 106,122 cases are announced - the latest in a series of record-breaking days for infections.

And advisers say boosters should be offered to some older children due to the risk of Omicron.

The health secretary says 4.25m extra doses of antivirals will help the NHS to help fight the latest Covid wave.

Infected people in England can end quarantine early with negative test results on day six and seven.

As the Omicron variant spreads across the continent, countries tighten curbs to brace for another wave.

But Boris Johnson says "we can't rule out any further measures after Christmas" as Omicron spreads fast.

A fourth booster would be offered to over-60s and health workers as Israel prepares for Omicron wave.

Services are currently running "as normal" but the trusts say they are preparing for an Omicron surge.

Court papers show discrepancies at Immensa's laboratory were flagged as early as mid September.

Nicola Sturgeon says people should reduce their contacts but not cancel their Christmas plans.

"An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled," warns the World Health Organization's head.

Meet the Welsh Ambulance Service's growing team who work to keep people out of hospital.

Former Miss World Rosanna Davison opens up about fertility struggles in a bid to break the stigma.

An ex-hospital support worker says he feels complicit in the "neglect" of Tony Hickmott.

Covid variants may be mutating inside people with suppressed immunity.

The head of the World Health Organization calls for "difficult decisions" to be made over festive plans.

The drug - sotrovimab - is given as an infusion to high-risk patients who have caught the virus.

The health secretary says ministers are considering wider factors before bringing in stricter measures.

Sadiq Khan says it's important that Londoners understand how serious the surge in cases is.