Omicron variant: "We know that it is at least twice as transmissible as the Delta"
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The Omicron variant is spreading at breakneck speed in Europe.
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By: Charlotte Deroin
If the fifth wave of the Covid-19 epidemic currently raging in the world is indeed due to the Delta variant, still clearly in the majority, the Omicron variant continues to spread, with a speed that astonishes specialists.
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More than 90,000 new cases of contamination have been recorded in the United Kingdom, where the government has released a billion pounds for businesses affected by the crisis.
72,000 new cases were identified yesterday in France, where the Minister of Labor calls on companies to accelerate massive recourse to teleworking.
Update on this new variant with Jonathan Roux, epidemiologist at the Rennes School of Public Health Studies
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