Early evidence suggests fewer people are needing hospital treatment than with other variants - with estimates ranging from a 30% to a 70% reduction.
But the concern remains that even if Omicron is milder, the sheer number of cases could overwhelm hospitals. BBC News
See also:
- SARS-CoV-2 Omicron spike mediated immune escape, infectivity and cell-cell fusion (open access) bioRxiv
- Report 50: Hospitalisation risk for Omicron cases in England (open access) Imperial College Covid Response Team
- Early assessment of the clinical severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in South Africa (open access) medRxiv
- Omicron may be significantly better at evading vaccine-induced immunity, but less likely to cause severe disease University of Cambridge
- Covid: Ministers watch data as studies say Omicron risk lower BBC News
- Daily Covid-19 cases in the UK exceed 100,000 for first time BBC News
- Global Covid vaccine rollout a stain on our soul - Brown BBC News
- Health Secretary Sajid Javid promises millions more antivirals for UK BBC News
- NHS staffing crisis timebomb: 130000 workers are STILL not fully jabbed The Daily Mail
- Covid alert levels explained: What Level 4 means for you as omicron cases rise The Daily Telegraph
- NHS may set up ‘field hospitals’ in car parks to cope with Omicron The Guardian
- Covid: how has the pandemic changed in the UK in 2021? The Guardian
- New Year’s Eve plans in England may have to be cancelled, says minister The Guardian
- Public support for lockdown measures is disintegrating - a new approach is needed | Owen Jones The Guardian
- Innate immune response of children ‘better at fighting Covid’, new study suggests The Independent
- Inside UK intensive care hospital ward where 4 out of 5 patients are unvaccinated The Mirror
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