Omicron is milder

VACCINATED people afflicted by the Omicron Covid-19 variant are likely to experience milder symptoms for a shorter duration than if they had Delta, according to international research.

Using a UK symptom reporting app, researchers matched 5000 people who had symptomatic Omicron with someone of the same age, sex and vaccine coverage who had symptomatic Delta.

The researchers say the difference between average symptom length was most pronounced among boosted participants, with an average of 4.4 days of Omicron symptoms compared with 7.7 with Delta.