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-- South Korea said on Friday it would extend stricter social distancing rules for two weeks amid a persistent surge in serious coronavirus infections and concerns over the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant.

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Hospitalisation risk from Omicron around one third of Delta-- UK analysis

Fri, 2021-12-31 09:50 — mike kraft

Hospitalisation risk from Omicron around one third of Delta, UK analysis shows The risk of hospitalisation with the Omicron variant of coronavirus is about one-third that of the Delta variant, according to British analysis of more than a million cases of both types in recent weeks. Reuters Reuters

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Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers; clashes over alternative treatments

Fri, 2021-12-24 10:39 — mike kraft

Omicron is latest blow to pandemic-weary front-line workers | AP News BOSTON (AP) — Staff absences for COVID-19 tripled this month in London’s hospitals, and nearly 10% of the city’s firefighters called out sick. In New York, about 2,700 police officers were absent earlier this week — twice the number who are ill on an average day. AP NEWS

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UK preliminary data suggests hospitalization is less likely with omicron

Thu, 2021-12-23 19:09 — mike kraft

UK data suggests hospitalization is less likely with omicron | AP News LONDON (AP) — Preliminary data suggests that people with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are 50% to 70% less likely to be hospitalized than those with the delta strain, Britain’s public health agency announced Thursday in a finding that one researcher called “a small ray of sunlight.” AP NEWS

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UK government rules out new restrictions before Christmas

Thu, 2021-12-23 11:07 — mike kraft

UK government rules out new restrictions before Christmas | AP News LONDON (AP) — The British government said Thursday it won’t introduce any new coronavirus restrictions until after Christmas, and called early studies on the severity of the omicron variant encouraging. AP NEWS

... Health Secretary Sajid Javid said two studies suggesting omicron carries a significantly lower risk of hospitalization than the previously dominant delta strain was “encouraging news.” But he said it was “not very clear yet ... by how much that risk is reduced.” ...

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