Omicron, across the world
June 10, 2026
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Summary
Cases of omicron doubling every 2 to 3 days in UK
Sajid Javid, Community transmission of Omicron
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-59553460
Multiple regions of England
with no links to international travel
21 Omicron cases in England linked to travel from Nigeria
Cases + 90 = 336 confirmed
No hospital admissions
Could not guarantee omicron would not knock us off our road to recovery
Incubation period may be shorter
So a person will become infectious sooner
Omicron to become dominant in the next few weeks
UK response
10,000 vaccinators were being recruited
450 military
Pre-departure tests
Red lists
Masks in shops and public transport
Omicron case contacts required to self-isolate for 10 days, regardless of vaccine status
UK Health Security Agency, 500,000 tests per day
Dominic Raab
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/59559623
Plan B. not required because of success of the vaccination programme.
Government is taking, targeted and proportionate approach
Denmark
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/world/europe/britain-denmark-omicron-cases.html
Omicron, 183 confirmed on Sunday
Triple the Friday estimate
Henrik Ullum, Danish Statens Serum Institut
The time we gain, we must use to get as many people vaccinated as possible
And the shots will be aspirated (JC)
Dr Jeffrey Barrett, director Covid-19 genomics initiative, Wellcome Sanger Institute
Omicron spreading faster than Delta
UK's dominant variant within a matter of weeks
It is too early to make this assumption (on severity)
If only a small proportion of people get seriously ill with Omicron,
a small faction of a really big number can still cause problems
Prof Paul Hunter
New variant could be spreading faster than the currently dominant Delta variant,
would probably start to overtake Delta within the next few weeks
Prof Tim Spector
UK omicron, probably at least 1,000 to 2,000
New variant can only be picked up by 30-40% of PCR tests
Symptoms from Omicron appear at the moment more similar to a cold,
rather than the classic Covid symptoms of a high temperature, a new, continuous cough or a loss of sense of taste or smell
This means many cases may be missed
Omicron cases are expected to double around every two days