Symptoms associated with the omicron Covid variant could be similar to those that normally accompany a cold.
The ZOE COVID Study analyses thousands of Covid symptoms uploaded to an app by the British public.Shoppers wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of covid-19 seen walking along Oxford Circus in London.LONDON — Symptoms associated with the omicron Covid-19 variant could be similar to those that normally accompany a cold, but experts are warning people that they should not underestimate the risks posed by the more transmissible variant.
Experts predict this phenomenon is likely to be repeated across other countries around the globe. This time, with the omicron variant, cases could be harder to spot, however. Spector noted, as have other British experts on Covid, that the omicron looks set to be the dominant strain in the U.K. by Christmas, with many people now questioning whether the U.K. could go into a lockdown in the new year.
The South African doctor who first spotted the variant among her patients has said that the initial symptoms she saw in her own surgery were "extremely mild"Vaccine makers have said that the variant undermines the efficacy of a full course of Covid vaccination but that a booster shot helps to restore much of the shots' protection against severe infection, hospitalization and death.
Omicron is making its presence felt in the U.K. with Covid cases surging prompting the government to race to get booster shots into people's arms.
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