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You are here: Home / News / Omicron 1st Step Towards Pandemic Becoming Endemic? As Variant Causes ‘Mild Illness’, Experts to ‘Wait & Watch’

Omicron 1st Step Towards Pandemic Becoming Endemic? As Variant Causes ‘Mild Illness’, Experts to ‘Wait & Watch’

7 December 2021 7:28 am

  • Omicron 1st Step Towards Pandemic Becoming Endemic? As Variant Causes ‘Mild Illness’, Experts to ‘Wait & Watch’: While the exact timing is difficult to predict, most scientists agree that the Covid-19 pandemic will end and the virus will become endemic.. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
  • Omicron’s less severe cases prompt cautious optimism in South Africa: Medics and scientists in South Africa have welcomed early hospital data suggesting that the Omicron coronavirus variant could result in less severe illness than previous waves but warned that higher …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
  • Medical expert dismisses fears that children are more vulnerable to Omicron variant: Dr Angelique Coetzee said Coetzee said it was unclear at this stage, if the Omricon variant was spreading much faster in comparison to previous strains like the Delta variant, or if it would cause sev …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
  • A new report offers more evidence that the Omicron variant may cause mild illness but authors say it’s still too early to be sure: The study found that 70% of the 42 COVID-19 patients in a South African hospital on December 2 did not need supplemental oxygen.. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
  • New COVID-19 variant Omicron fast moving but perhaps less severe, suggest early reports: Researchers at a major hospital complex in Pretoria reported that their patients with the coronavirus are much less sick than those they have treated before and that other hospitals are seeing the …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
  • Omicron vs Delta: Battle of COVID-19 variants rages across the world: Early data shows that that reinfection rates are much higher with new COVID-19 Omicron variant than previous variants, suggesting the virus is escaping immunity somewhat. It also shows the virus seems …. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews
  • Silver Lining: South Africa Says Omicron Making Covid ‘Spread Faster Than Ever’ But There’s Good News: Researchers in South Africa, where the variant is spreading quickly, say it may cause less-serious COVID cases than other forms of the virus, but it is unclear whether that will hold true.. Read More at: “Pretoria” – BingNews

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