Omicron Variant Soon To Be Dominant In Europe

The Washington Post reports:

European leaders and scientists warned Friday that the omicron variant could become dominant in some countries startlingly soon, overtaking the delta variant, which has remained the most common version of the virus globally for months.

“We expect it to overtake delta within days, not weeks,” Nicola Sturgeon, the first minister of Scotland, said Friday about the spread of omicron there.

That echoes the latest update from the U.K. Health Security Agency, which has high confidence that omicron has a growth advantage over delta and estimates that, spreading at its current rate, it will become dominant in Britain by mid-December, with more than a million infections by the end of the month.

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How fast is omicron becoming the dominant virus? In some European countries, it could be No. 1 – replacing delta – by next week. Britain and Denmark may not be exceptions. The trend could be true elsewhere in Europe as well. https://t.co/iDf79sD0xw

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