Too early to determine Omicron's severity, but experts say current vaccines offer protection: MOH

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It is too early to say for sure how severe the Omicron coronavirus variant is, but there is an emerging view among scientists that existing Covid-19 vaccines will still work...

It added:"We expect to see more Omicron cases being reported globally in the weeks to come, and we must expect to detect more cases at our borders and, in time to come, also within our community."

The ministry said cases that have been detected around the world have mostly displayed mild symptoms and no Omicron-related death has been reported so far.MOH said that while there were more Omicron-related hospitalisations among young adults and The ministry added that the outbreak was first detected in a university town with a younger demographic.

 

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