The variant now accounts for a third of cases in London, a UK government minister said over the weekend. A third booster may be enough to fight off Omicron. High uptake of the booster dose was likely to mitigate the impact of the Omicron wave, the researchers said. "This latest data from the UK show that cases of Omicron there are doubling every two to three days at the moment which is incredibly fast. "If we're trying to keep this Omicron variant out until we've got more people boosted, even one case would likely be the end of that."

Source: New Zealand Herald December 13, 2021 01:37 UTC