The doctor who discovered the Omicron variant of COVID-19 says all patients seen by her and colleagues suffered only ‘very mild symptoms’, and none required hospitalisation.
Doctor Angelique Coetzee of Pretoria was speaking to UK broadcaster Andrew Marr on the BBC about the new variant and how she noticed it was different to Delta.
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Probably just the regular flu and not a new strain at all.