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European governments are refusing critical social distancing measures and relying exclusively on vaccinations, which the Omicron variant may largely evade.
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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine s researchers found that while the UK variant is 56% more transmissible, there s no evidence yet that it leads to more serious disease cases. Nevertheless, the increase in transmissibility is likely to lead to a large increase in incidence, with COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths projected to reach higher levels in 2021 than were observed in 2020, they said.
Threat assesment report
Here s what the European Centers for Disease Control stated
While the UK variant s origin remains a mystery, a new threat assessment report by the European Centers for Disease Control (E-CDC) says SARS-CoV-2 s mutation rate is two changes per month, as per molecular clock estimates.