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Covid in Scotland LIVE as study finds Omicron milder but fears remain over high cases

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The Omicron variant appears to be milder with less people ending up in hospital, according to a new study carried out by Scottish scientists.

Experts at Edinburgh and Strathclyde universities discovered the risk of hospitalisation for those who catch the new covid variant is two-thirds lower than with Delta.

The report was welcomed, however politicians fear the sheer number of cases across the United Kingdom could overwhelm hospitals.Yesterday more than 100,000 people tested positive for coronavirus in the UK for the very first time.The study found: "Early national data suggest that Omicron is associated with a two-thirds reduction in the risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation when compared to Delta."According to the latest Scottish Government

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