Omicron in S. Africa appears relatively mild. That might not be the case everywhere, continental CDC says.

12/24/21
 
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from The Washington Post,
12/24/21:

Early data from South Africa suggesting that the omicron variant may cause fewer hospitalizations and instances of severe symptoms than the coronavirus wild type and its variants should not be extrapolated to other countries, the head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.

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