Experts have been mapping out what spreading of the Omicron strain could look like - and have come back with results ranging from the best case scenario to worst.
Researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) say they used experimental data to look at how Omicron may transmit over the next few months.
But even in the most positive of outcomes, the impact of Omicron is expected to be severe. Here are the possibilities facing the country as the new variant takes hold, assuming it has the same level of illness as the Delta variant: READ MORE: 'First' symptoms of Omicron seen in 90% of cases identified The most optimistic outlook would see a low immune escape of Omicron from vaccines, along with a high
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