Omicron milder than Delta but is highly contagious
People infected with the highly contagious Omicron mutation of coronavirus are less likely to need hospital treatment, scientists believe after three studies were published.
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It was also found that booster doses give good protection against Omicron although they are more effective against other variants.
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This wave of the pandemic may crest much faster because of Omicron’s explosive speed of transmission: each person infected with the Omicron variant is spreading it to at least 3 others, according to early data from South Africa, roughly double the rate of the Delta variant earlier this year.
