OMICRON is causing “breakthrough” infections in vaccinated people, data shows, but symptoms are milder. Although a cold-like illness is better for the infected person, experts say it can make track…
ZOE said the number of daily new cases are rising in those under 55, but remain low in those over.
Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London and lead scientist on the Zoe study, said early signs "show that Omicron is breaking through in vaccinated people, but it’s causing“Covid is unpredictable and, even if most only feel like they’ve got a cold, there are far more long-term risks than a cold carries.”
Hospital rates are now growing in South Africa, where the variant was first spotted, with a 300 per cent increase in one week, according to England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty.“So while the picture may get better, and I sincerely hope that it will, we know that the remorseless logic of exponential growth could lead to a big rise in hospitalisations and therefore, sadly, in deaths.
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