Art Moore(WND NewsCenter) The European Union’s counterpart to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update Thursday that no deaths have been reported anywhere in the world linked to the omicron variant.
“All cases for which there is available information on severity were either asymptomatic or mild,” said the report from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.
The ECDC reported 1,780 confirmed cases of the omicron variant in 57 countries worldwide.
Former CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield on Thursday told “Fox & Friends” that omicron could become the dominant variant within weeks.
But he confirmed that while omicron and other new variants appear to be more contagious than previous ones, they also produce milder symptoms.
See Redfield’s remarks:
On Thursday, nevertheless, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new COVID-19 restrictions to “buy time” as the omicron variant emerges, including implementation of vaccine passes.
See Johnson’s remarks:
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