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Behind the paper: Increased household transmission of Omicron variant compared to Delta, evidence from Norwegian contact tracing data

The emergence of new virus variants challenge existing control strategies during a pandemic. The immune evasive SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron is a perfect example of this. Our results show increase transmissibility of the Omicron variant, along with reduces vaccine efficacy.

Published Oct 14, 2022

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