The Vaccine: How concerned should we be about the Omicron variant? | ABC News

There are concerns Omicron has been transmitted in the community as more cases detected.

Casey Briggs speaks Dr Michelle Groome from South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases about what’s known so far about this Covid variant. Plus Norman Swan joins us to explain what measures are being taken in Australia.

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