Why you should be ‘cautious, not alarmed’ by Omicron COVID-19 variant

One of Australia’s most prominent epidemiologists says you should be “cautious” but not alarmed by the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

Professor Catherine Bennett, Inaugural Chair of Epidemiology at Deakin University, said much was still not understood about the recently discovered strain of coronavirus.

But she said some of the signs were “really encouraging”.

“We are watching with a lot of interest,” she said.

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