Omicron rewrites pandemic end

Posted 17 December 2021 PM

Like Delta before it, the Omicron variant is rewriting the timetable of the world getting to a post-pandemic normality, according to experts.

While preliminary data from small sample sizes suggests the Omicron variant could produce a less severe disease than Delta, its ability to evade the immune response combined with increased infectiousness means the disease burden could be greater than seen with previous variants.

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