Omicron variant could be 'Christmas gift'

Omicron variant could be 'Christmas gift' and how we beat Covid for good, expert says

One health expert called the Omicron variant a Christmas gift. It has so far caused no hospital admissions or death and he believes it could end the pandemic sooner

The coronavirus pandemic could be ended sooner than first feared thanks to the Omicron variant, a leading epidemiologist has claimed.

This new mutation is believed to have more milder symptoms than all previous variants and could mean coronavirus is treated more like the common cold.

Statistics from South Africa, where the variant was first detected and sequenced, has shown that there have been no hospital admissions and no deaths from people with Omicron.

Doctors also say people recover from it in just a few days after symptoms including tiredness, headache and muscle aches pass.

South African infectious disease expert Professor Salim Abdool Karim also believes existing Covid vaccines should be “highly effective” against the Omicron variant, although we won't know for a few more weeks as more people become infected.

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