How probable is it Omicron Covid variant will take hold in UK?
by Nicola Davis from Science | The Guardian on (#5SKQW)
Analysis: UK's early vaccine deployment and use of different vaccines from South Africa mean it's too soon to say
Omicron is causing consternation around the world, with the variant found to be behind an exponential rise in Covid cases in South Africa. Yet with just 42 cases confirmed in the UK so far, and most European countries seeing numbers in the double rather than triple figures, could this be a tentative sign the variant may fail to take hold outside southern Africa? The bottom line is, it is too soon to say.
One issue is that there are important differences that make it difficult to compare the situations in South Africa and beyond.
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