Omicron ‘pretty mild’ so far, South African health expert says – The Peninsula Qatar

Omicron ‘pretty mild’ so far, South African health expert says – The Peninsula Qatar

Symptoms linked to the omicron coronavirus variant have been "pretty mild” so far, according to a Covid-19 adviser to the South Africa government.

While South Africa, which first identified the new variant, currently has 3,220 people with the coronavirus infection overall, there’s been no real uptick in hospitalizations, Barry Schoub, chairman of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Vaccines, told Sky News on Sunday.