(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 29 - The alarm over the Omicron variant of Covid-19 in the world is "excessive" and the reaction "disproportionate": said Dr. Angelique Coetzee, president of the South African medical order, discoverer of the variant .
In statements reported by the British broadcaster TalkRadio, Coetzee reiterated that the symptoms seen so far are "mild": "The patients I have seen had mild symptoms and were cured. No one was hospitalized and there was no need for oxygen. This reaction in the world makes no sense, "he added.
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