Omicron may do good by replacing Delta from world: Experts
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While Omicron is known to cause only mild disease, Delta has been more lethal leading to increased hospitalisation with drop in oxygen levels, pneumonia, and death.
New Delhi: The highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid, which has so far been detected in more than 100 countries, may help the world get rid of the Delta strain that claimed so many lives across the globe, said health experts on Tuesday.
Omicron, first detected from southern Africa in late November, has become dominant in several countries including the US and the UK, outpacing the previously dominant Delta variant, which was considered to be the dominant strain in many countries until recently.
While Omicron is known to cause only mild disease, Delta has been more lethal leading to increased hospitalisation with drop in oxygen levels, pneumonia, and death.
