Omicron in Australia: what do we know about the new Covid variant and why are scientists so concerned?

The fifth Covid ‘variant of concern’, first identified in South Africa in November, has been detected in four Australian states and territories

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Domestic border restrictions in Australia have eased as local cases of the Omicron variant rise. Overseas, the UK has raised its Covid alert level and reintroduced restrictions amid concerns that Omicron poses a “rapidly increasing risk to the public and healthcare services”.

Here’s what we know so far about Omicron and how worried Australia should be about the new variant of concern.

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