New evidence shows omicron likely spreads twice as fast as delta in South Africa Enlarge this image toggle caption Denis Farrell/AP Denis Farrell/AP Scientists in South Africa now have evidence that the omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads more than twice as quickly as the delta variant in that country. Detected a week ago and likely to outcompete delta Last …
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