December 16, 2021 Meet the Middle East

Science suggests omicron has displaced delta COVID-19 variant: South African expert

There are indications that the omicron COVID-19 variant has rapidly displaced the delta variant, according to South African disease expert Michelle Groome.South Africa is seeing a slight increase in COVID-19 deaths in an ongoing fourth infection wave but off a low base, a Groome also said on Friday.“Also starting to see a slight increase in deaths nationally, but once again this level is very much lower even than the baseline period we were seeing between the second and third waves,” Groome told a news conference.Developing
Source: Al Arabiya
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