The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading quickly in several countries where it has been discovered. Even if it causes only mild disease — and that's far from certain — that could still mean many people end up in the hospital and dying.
The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading quickly in several countries where it has been discovered. Even if it causes only mild disease -- and that's far from certain -- that could still mean many people end up in the hospital and dying.
It's killed at least one person in the UK and put 10 into the hospital -- most of them vaccinated, according to government authorities."It is spreading faster than the Delta variant in South Africa where Delta circulation was low, but also appears to spread more quickly than the Delta variant in other countries where the incidence of Delta is high, such as in the United Kingdom," the World Health Organization said in a technical briefing last week.
"Our emergency departments are overfilled, and we have patients in every bed in our hospitals," the ad read."Your access to health care is being seriously threatened by COVID-19. We need to stop the spread!"It urges people to get vaccinated and boosted, to wear masks and to get tested for the virus.
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