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First patient suffering from Omicron strain of Covid-19 died in UK

... Omicron was not a milder strain of Covid-19. The British prime minister also recalled that the new strain had a very high spreading rate. Johnson called revaccination the only way to protect against the virus. In total, there are about 10 people in UK hospitals suffering from the Omicron strain of Covid-19/ Boris Johnson urged residents of the country to get a third vaccination before the end of the year to increase the level of protection. According to the latest data, 16 cases of omicron infection have been recorded in Russia....

The Most contagious: WHO warns of a new subvariant of Omicron

... identified Omicron BA.2. It is now increasingly dominant in the United States. According to the preliminary estimates, the new sub-variant may be 10% more infectious than its predecessor, but it is difficult to say for sure. XE was discovered in the UK in mid-January this year. Then about 700 people were infected with it. Currently, about 1% of British infected with Omicron XE. Only three cases of XE subvariant have been reported in the US, and none of them have been reported in California, according to the Los Angeles Times . According to experts, vaccination can also protect against a new subvariant of coronavirus....

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