BBC Global Coronavirus Updates

News on Covid-19 and its impact on health, business and travel worldwide

What can be done to stem the tide of carers quitting the industry?

Omicron Covid variant – what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children

What the emergence of the Omicron variant says about global cooperation against Covid

South African scientists have undertaken sequencing on the virus and observed 50 mutations

How the global political response to the new variant is hampering science in Africa

'People are not only disagreeing with each other but there's this assumption of bad faith'

There is speculation that variants can arise in people who have compromised immune systems

A decrease in time outdoors could be having a serious effect on our eyesight says report

The virus can damage the lung linings and cause 'clot activation' in the blood vessels

Changes to the virus reduced the body's ability to detect it and therefore defend itself

We hear from countries struggle with vaccine hesitancy among their populations

Large numbers of Covid-19 patients have experienced some kind of neurological symptom

Yorkshire Leg-Spinner Katie Levick discusses the consequences of suspected long Covid.

What role should government and tech companies play in tackling Covid misinformation?

India is struggling with Covid – and one man’s dodgy ideas aren’t helping.

What happens to grief when our usual rituals around death and mourning are disrupted?

A hospital porter and a hospital cleaner talk about their work during the pandemic

Can happiness boost immunity?

Dr Kevin Fong talks to the people who have created a coronavirus vaccine in record time

Coronavirus has sent more of us into the kitchen, but has it taught us how to cook?