In fact, the government has been warned the variant could claim the lives of up to 75,000 people in England alone over the next five months, without tougher restrictions.

The mild nature of Omicron’s symptoms could potentially fuel the spread of the virus, as people are more likely to brush off their symptoms as a cold.

Tim Spector, from the Covid Zoe App, told Times Radio: “At the moment, we’re estimating that somewhere between one and three and one in four colds are actually due to Covid.”

“That’s quite a high rate of people that are currently not even bothered to get lateral flow test, or getting a PCR test, going to parties and spreading it around.



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Post source: Express