The more infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to produce less severe disease than the globally dominant Delta strain, but should not be categorized as 'mild,' the head of the World Health Organization says.
The more infectious Omicron variant of COVID-19 appears to produce less severe disease than the globally dominant Delta strain, but should not be categorized as "mild," World Health Organization officials said on Thursday.
The impact on the elderly is one of the big unanswered questions about the new variant as most of the cases studied so far have been in younger people. "Booster after booster in a small number of countries will not end a pandemic while billions remain completely unprotected," he said.
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