Someone sick from the omicron variant might infect three to five people at one time on average, according to a U.K. health expert.
Dr. Susan Hopkins, the chief medical adviser at the U.K. Health Security Agency, said Thursday that the omicrons R-value a number that determines how many people can be infected from another person is somewhere between three and five, The Guardian reports.
However, Hopkins said theres not enough data yet on the omicron variant to make a full determination of its spread. So far, case counts linked to the virus appear to be doubling every day.
Thats close to what weve seen in Canada. Per Global News, the province of Ontario has seen the omicron variants R-value climb to four times higher than the delta variant.
Scientists are still racing to find out more about omicron and how fast it spreads. One new lab study suggested the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus could spread 70 times faster than the delta variant.
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