What you need to know about the OMICRON Variant | askTMC

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Published 2022-01-13
In November 2021, a variant of the SARS-CoV-2 emerged, and was named omicron by the World Health Organization (WHO). In just a few months since its discovery, Omicron is spreading more quickly than other variants.

Is it highly transmissible? Can vaccinated people still get the variant? What are the symptoms? And are they different from the other variants?

Dr. Karl Evans Henson, The Medical City Infectious Diseases expert and director of TMC Hospital Infection Control and Epidemiology Center (HICEC), answers some common questions about the Omicron coronavirus variant.

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