No date has been set for when quarantine hotels will be made mandatory in England, but the health secretary promised "strong" action at the border to protect against new coronavirus variants.

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine may have a "substantial effect" on transmission of coronavirus, and a three-month gap between doses does not lower protection, according to a report.

A woman sent someone else's coronavirus test results by accident has told Sky News the data breach is "extremely worrying".

Drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline and German biotech firm CureVac have struck a €150m (£130m) deal to develop next-generation COVID-19 vaccines that target several variants of the virus in one product.

Staff at 70 hospitals and medical departments in 30 towns across Myanmar have gone on strike to protest against the coup that ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Doctors say a 22-year-old man, badly burned in a car crash, is recovering well after receiving a rare face and hands transplant.

Coronavirus antibodies last for at least six months after infection for the majority of people who have had the virus, according to a new study.

More than 80 suspected members of a criminal group that was manufacturing and selling fake COVID-19 vaccines - including to other countries - have been arrested in China.

Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos is to step down from running the business as it reported record revenues for its core Christmas quarter, topping $100bn (£73.1bn) for the first time with help from the coronavirus pandemic.

Boris Johnson has called for "urgent action" from the EU to resolve "outstanding problems" with the post-Brexit arrangement for Northern Ireland.