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Newshour: 04/12/2021 13:06 GMT: Scientists say Omicron variant spreading twice as fast as Delta

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Scientists say Omicron virus spreading twice as fast than Delta

04/12/2021 13:06 GMT

04/12/2021 13:06 GMT: Scientists say Omicron variant spreading twice as fast as Delta

Scientists say Omicron variant spreading twice as fast as Delta

BBC World Service - Newshour, Scientists say Omicron variant spreading twice as fast as Delta

Researchers say Omicron appears to be spreading twice as fast as the Delta variant.

Researchers looking into the Omicron variant say it appears to be spreading twice as fast as the Delta variant.

Also in the programme: Voters are heading to the polls in The Gambia to choose a new president and in UK the first person to die of AIDS is chronicled in a television documentary.

(Photo: A health worker tests passengers for coronavirus at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on December 2, 2021 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Credit: Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)

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