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Many scientists have already said Omicron is more transmissible and they expect it to rapidly overtake Delta as the dominant variant.

And the potential need for additional control measures, is not yet known. i think we've done the most important thing, which is accelerate boosters. in south africa, the scientists who first identified 0micron are racing to unlock its secrets. over the last week, the daily number of new covid infections has increased fourfold. it seems those who have already had other variants of coronavirus may not be protected against 0micron. hospital admissions are up slightly, mainly among the unvaccinated. the new variant has now been detected in at least 24 countries, according to the world health organ...

Thank you very much. forty two cases of the new 0micron variant of coronavirus have now been identified in the uk. it comes as new research from the university of southampton suggests booster vaccines may offer good protection against the variant. simonjones has this report. this, the government says, is the best response to the new variant. the vaccination programme, with a new drive to deliver more booster jabs. a team at the university of southampton says there are promising sign that boosters could handle 0micron, and would still offer good protection against illness. experts now believe i...

Suggests booster vaccines may offer good protection against the variant. simonjones has this report. this, the government says, is the best response to the new variant. the vaccination programme, with a new drive to deliver more booster jabs. a team at the university of southampton says there are promising sign that boosters could handle 0micron, and would still offer good protection against illness. experts though believe it's too early to say whether 0micron will be more dangerous than other variants. we have some reason to believe it could be serious, but what that means in terms of the con...

Is the best response to the new variant. the vaccination programme, with a new drive to deliver more booster jabs. a team at the university of southampton says there are promising signs that boosters could handle omicron, and would still offer good protection against illness. experts though believe it's too early to say whether omicron will be more dangerous than other variants. we have some reason to believe it could be serious, but what that means in terms of the consequences for the pandemic, and the potential need for additional control measures, is not yet known. i think we've done the mo...