Researchers say omicron may be able to give protection against the more severe delta variant
A new study out of South Africa is suggesting that if you have had the omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus, you may be better protected against the more severe delta variant of the disease., which is awaiting peer review, may hold some hope for a more manageable course of the virus.
“Omicron is likely to push delta out,” said Alex Sigal, a virus expert at the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, who led the new study. The delta variant became the most prominent version of the virus beginning last spring. The omicron variant was first reported in early November.by the same team showed that current vaccines were not as effective against the omicron variant as they have been against the delta variant.
COVID-19 cases in the U.S. increased by about 60% this week, the vast majority being from the omicron variant, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday at a White House COVID-19 briefing. Wednesday’s seven-day daily average of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. was about 240,400 cases a day, according to the CDC.
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