CDC chief says Omicron is ‘mild’ as early data comes in on US spread of variant
by Associated Press from on (#5SVRC)
Agency is working on detailed analysis of what the new mutant form of the coronavirus might hold for the US
More than 40 people in the US have been found to be infected with the Omicron variant so far, and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated, the chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said. But she added nearly all of them were only mildly ill.
In an interview with the Associated Press, Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, said the data is very limited and the agency is working on a more detailed analysis of what the new mutant form of the coronavirus might hold for the US.
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