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Omicron deluge exposes the limits of Australia's coronavirus strategy, as PM prepares the nation to have 10 per cent or more of workforce in isolation

By Editorial
January 14 2022 - 8:30am
GENOMIC SEQUENCING: NSW Health says Omicron accounts for 93 per cent of NSW cases tested since December 14. Picture: WHO
GENOMIC SEQUENCING: NSW Health says Omicron accounts for 93 per cent of NSW cases tested since December 14. Picture: WHO

WITH its presence confirmed in 110 countries, the evidence is clearly reinforcing early impressions of the Omicron variant as much more transmissible, but less severe, than its predecessors.

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