"Encouraging" Early Feedback On Omicron Severity, Says Top US Scientist: Report
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"Omicron has a transmission advantage" in South Africa, where the variant was first reported, Anthony Fauci said in a CNN interview, noting the country had a low level of cases before it saw "almost a vertical spike upwards, which is almost exclusively Omicron."
Early indications of the severity of the Omicron Covid-19 variant are "a bit encouraging," top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said Sunday, while cautioning more information was still needed.
"Omicron has a transmission advantage" in South Africa, where the variant was first reported, Fauci said in a CNN interview, noting the country had a low level of cases before it saw "almost a vertical spike upwards, which is almost exclusively Omicron."
"Though it's too early to really make any definitive statements about it, thus far, it does not look like there's a great degree of severity to it," he said.
"Thus far, the signals are a bit encouraging."
