Omicron quickly turns the requirement for boosters in Canada

Key takeaways: 

• Recent data reveals variant spreads fast, but boosters provide extra protection.
• Canada has seen dozens of omicron cases arise in the two weeks since the variant was first recognised, and recent data from around the globe has public health officials on high caution for indications of vaster spread.

Omicron spreads fast in Canada: 

Omicron is ramping up the stimulus for widespread boosters in Canada, moving the conversation away from delivering added security to the weakest and toward giving everyone qualified an extra shot to stave off the possible spread of the positively infectious variant. 

Canada has noticed dozens of omicron cases arise in the two weeks since the variant was first recognised, and new data from around the world has public health officials on the high watch for indications of the broader spread here. 

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But while there is increasing worry about the danger of omicron as we learn more about it in real-time, there are also early, encouraging signals that it may not yield as agonising disease as earlier variants and that boosters may be influential at restricting its spread.

The latest report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discovered that out of the 43 omicron cases recognised in 22 states in early December, only ​​one person required a brief hospital visit, and there were no registered deaths from the variant.