First there was the party at the Oslo restaurant that resulted in 80 out of 111 guests catching Covid, mostly the Omicron variant, despite being double vaccinated and having tested negative before attending. Then came the seven German tourists who all travelled together to South Africa and caught Omicron despite having received a booster. All were vaccinated and 17 out of 21 tested positive, she said. Many people only learn they have Omicron several days after receiving a positive PCR test. No one has been really ill. We have all had worse colds.”One Zoe contributor said 16 out of 18 people at a 60th birthday party in Somerset tested PCR positive for Omicron.

Source: The Guardian December 13, 2021 06:56 UTC