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PRETORIA. KAZINFORM The risk of reinfection from the Omicron coronavirus variant is three times as high as from other strains, including the Delta variant, the South African Center for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis and the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) said.
National daily cases almost doubled on Wednesday, days after countries across the world halted flights to and from southern Africa
The newly detected Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has three questions looming around it: How severe is it? Is it more transmissible than Delta? How much protection does COVID-19 vaccination provide against it? The answer to all these questions has so far been unsatisfying.
Data yet to be peer-reviewed show the Omicron variant may be highly transmissible.
The new super mutant Omicron variant of Covid-19 can increase risk of reinfection by three times as compared to other variants of concern such as Beta and Delta, according to a preliminary study by South African researchers.The study, published ...