Governments aren't regularly publishing data on whether COVID-19 cases are the Omicron or Delta variants, but experts say doing so could provide better insight into the direction in which the pandemic is headed:
have both been publishing regular updates on the number of Omicron cases circulating in the community.
“It makes a difference in terms of our hospital planning and … in terms of how people might want to approach the epidemic,” Dr Trauer told SBS News. “Due to rapid antigen tests ... There are a whole lot of people for whom there is no swab in the lab for genotyping to be done,” he said. Dr Collignon said while Omicron is believed to be less severe but more contagious than Delta, the spectrum of symptoms for each strain is similar.
“What you need to measure is the number of people coming into hospital and ICU and dying from COVID.”Another 49 COVID-19 deaths recorded across Australia as NSW mandates rapid antigen reporting
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