Blessing in the sky: Omicron may be ‘very positive’ news for the world if new Covid mutation kills off more lethal Delta coronavirus variant

Hospitals and GPs across Southern Africa are increasingly reporting that the symptoms of the aggressive new Covid strain Omicron are “unusual but very mild,” according to various media in South Africa this weekend. Around 90 per cent of all new infections in the Johannesburg region are now caused by the Omicron strain but, so far, [...]