Omicron could be spreading faster in England than in South Africa, Sage adviser says

John Edmunds says variant is ‘very severe setback’ to controlling Covid pandemic and that plan B ‘absolutely not an overreaction’Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCases of the Omicron variant could be spreading even faster in England than in South Africa, according to a senior scientific adviser, who warned that the variant was a “very severe setback” to hopes of bringing the pandemic under control.Prof John Edmunds, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a member of the government ’s Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), said thatplan B measures announced by the prime minister were “absolutely not an overreaction” even if Omicron turned out to be milder than the current dominant variant.Continue reading...
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