(WHO), the top UN health body has aid about the Omicron variant and what countries and people should do to protect themselves from the mutant virus. Omicron transmissibility The research on Omicron has begun around the globe, but it is yet clear if this new Covid variant is more transmissible than other previous variants such as Alpha, Kappa, Delta etc. How severe is Omicron? The preliminary research suggests that there are increasing rates of hospitalization in South Africa.
However, this might be because of increasing overall numbers of people becoming infected, rather than a result of a specific infection with Omicron.