All Omicron articles
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NewsOmicron subvariant is dominant in England but no more severe than predecessor
The BA.2 strain of Omicron is substantially more transmissible than BA.1, but evidence suggests it does not lead to a higher risk of hospitalisation or death
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Moderna’s Omicron-specific COVID-19 booster to be trialled in the UK
The booster will be going through a phase 3 trial, which will involve 3000 participants across 29 centres
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Omicron survives longer on skin and surfaces than previous strains
A new pre-print study found that Omicron survived on skin for 21.1 hours and on plastic surfaces for 193.5 hours
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T cells from the common cold ‘may help protect against COVID’
A small study from Imperial College has linked common cold T cells with better immune responses to COVID-19
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Omicron numbers continue to rise over Christmas, as the Government adopts JCVI recommendations to vaccinate vulnerable children
There are no promises from Health Secretary Sajid Javid about whether more restrictions will come in January, as latest figures show that Christmas day COVID-19 cases reached a December high
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Omicron studies suggest lower COVID-19 hospitalisation rates than Delta
Small population studies in England and Scotland suggest a reduced risk of hospitalisation from the Omicron variant of between 40 and 68%
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Preliminary findings support the idea that the Omicron variant is more resistant to vaccines
Scientists behind Oxford’s Com-COV2 study have endorsed the importance of COVID-19 booster vaccines after finding that antibodies dip significantly following primary doses of the AstraZeneca and Pfizer jabs
