The new variant of covid-19, Omicron, is spreading around the world. Just how infectious is the strain, and will current vaccines prove effective against it? Our experts answer your questions.
00:00 What is Omicron?
01:30 How dangerous is Omicron?
02:39 Will new vaccines be needed?
03:15 What are governments doing?
04:17 Is this new variant a setback in the fight against covid-10?
Keep up to date with The Economist’s coverage of the coronavirus: [ Ссылка ]
Omicron is starting to spread around the world: [ Ссылка ]
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What to do about covid-19’s threatening new variant: [ Ссылка ]
Countries are scrambling to stop a new covid variant: [ Ссылка ]
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Why Omicron is threat to a global economic recovery: [ Ссылка ]
Travel bans and the Omicron variant are hurting southern Africa
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Listen to an episode of our podcast, “The Intelligence,” about the Omicron variant: [ Ссылка ]
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