Coronavirus: WHO urges caution at ‘mild’ label as Omicron shuts borders across globe

The World Health Organization has urged caution after two South African health experts, including the doctor who first sounded the alarm about the Omicron variant, indicated that symptoms linked to the coronavirus strain have been mild so far.The initial reported infections were among university students, WHO said, adding that younger patients tend to have milder symptoms.“Understanding the level of severity of the omicron variant will take days to several weeks,” WHO said in a statement Sunday…

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