Does the new Omicron variant herald a shift in the Covid-19 epidemic?
Presented two weeks ago by South African scientists, the first to have sequenced its genome, this variant is at the origin of a worrying epidemic surge in the Gauteng region, around Johannesburg.
While there is already an increasing number of cases in other countries of the world, especially in Europe, many questions are being asked.
How quickly will it impose itself within our borders?
Should we fear its virulence?
Should the vaccination strategy be adapted?
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Expected and scrutinized by the whole world, the information arrives in a trickle, albeit with remarkable rapidity if one refers to the usual time of scientific research.
Many teams are mobilized on the subject internationally, with initial lessons drawn from real life in South Africa.
“The infection seems to start stronger and faster, as if the virus is hyperadaptive…
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