Tag: Omicron variant

SINGAPORE:  The new Covid variant Omicron will likely “overwhelm the whole world” in the coming months, warned a Singapore-based infectious disease doctor. According to Dr. Leong Hoe Nam of Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, vaccines against the strain can be developed quickly, but they need to be tested over three to six months to prove that they can provide immunity against the variant, CNBC reported. “But frankly, omicron will dominate and overwhelm the whole world in three to six months,” he was quoted as saying on CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia”. All major drug...