The World Health Organisation has published an update on the Omicron variant, with Covid-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove addressing a number of common questions about the virus in a short video. What do we know so far about the tranmissibility of Omicron? We're learning a lot about the Omicron variant every day.
In terms of transmissibility, we are seeing a really increased growth rate of Omicron over other variants of concern. These are some of the sharpest increases that we've seen to date.
We do know that it has what we call a growth advantage over Delta. And what this means is that we're seeing a large increase in cases where Omicron is detected.