Category: Symptoms
Imperial College: Omicron is NOT milder than Delta
“We find no evidence (for both risk of hospitalisation attendance and symptom status) of Omicron having different severity from Delta, though data on hospitalisations are still very limited… Omicron was associated with a 5.41 fold higher relative risk of reinfection compared with Delta.” More...
UK GP: Omicron kills in the same way as classic covid in the elderly
“Omicron spreads like wildfire. Omicron went from one patient in a ward, to 8 patients and 4 staff infected overnight, to 5 wards full (mostly hospital acquired) 4 days later. More...
Omicron may be contagious for longer than other variants
Confirmed carriers of the Omicron COVID-19 variant will be required to quarantine for 14 days in Israel, instead of the 10 days mandated for confirmed carriers of other coronavirus strains, the Israeli Health Ministry has decreed. More...
Omicron: 73% attack rate at Oslo restaurant superspreader event
As of 8th December, around 70 % of just over 100 participants at a Christmas party held on 26 November at a restaurant in Oslo have been subsequently diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2. More...
Preprint: Brain imaging before and after Covid in UK Biobank
We identified .. a more pronounced reduction in grey matter thickness, and … a greater reduction in global measures of brain size and increase in cerebrospinal fluid volume. More...
Norway: 42 infected in SECOND Christmas dinner superspreader event – Omicron suspected
42 people have so far been diagnosed with Covid following a Christmas dinner at Maarud on Saturday 27th November.
Belgium: Two hippos test positive for Sars-Cov-2 in Antwerp Zoo
Two hippos have tested positive for Covid-19 at Antwerp zoo, according to a press release. More...
South Africa: Tshwane District Omicron Patient Profile
There has been a significant rise in new SARS-CoV-2 infections in the Gauteng Province in the last four weeks which has been attributed to the new Omicron variant announced on 24 November 2021. More...
Preprint: Internal tremors and vibration symptoms among people with Long Covid
“Sometimes my entire body feels like it’s humming and trembling. More...
UKHSA risk assessment for Omicron variant
UK risk assessment for Omicron variant B.1.1.529, dated 3rd December 2021
Transmissibility between humans: Amber – At least as transmissible as currently circulating variants
Omicron is transmitting rapidly and successfully. More...