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Covid live: UK not yet ready to live with virus, says minister; Germany to study rapid test reliability for Omicron
Michael Gove says pressure on UK hospitals still high; German health minister casts doubt on rapid antigen tests in detecting Omicron
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Two of New Zealand’s most prominent Covid-19 experts have warned that the country is unprepared to prevent the health system from being overloaded by an Omicron outbreak, with likely fatal consequences.
Otago University’s Dr Nick Wilson and Dr Michael Baker also said it was only a “matter of weeks” before the highly transmissible variant seeped into the community due to border failures.
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