- Analytics
- News and Tools
- Market News
- UK Omicron: Scottish study says Omicron hospitalisation risk two-thirds lower versus Delta
UK Omicron: Scottish study says Omicron hospitalisation risk two-thirds lower versus Delta
According to experts from Edinburgh and Strathclyde University, "early national data suggests that Omicron is associated with a two-thirds reduction in the risk of Covid-19 hospitalisation when compared to Delta". The study added that a third booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine offers substantial additional protection against the risk of symptomatic Covid-19 from Omicron infection.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, reacting to the study on Twitter, said that the early data was encouraging, but doubled down on her warning that the Omicron variant still poses a risk to the economy and health care system if enough people catch it all at once.
Market Reaction
Markets were already in a fairly risk-on mood, but the latest study will help to calm some fears about hospitals in developed countries being overwhelmed. The Scottish study comes on the back of a recent South African study which showed the hospitalisation risk with Omicron there to be 80% less versus infection by Delta.
© 2000-2024. All rights reserved.
This site is managed by Teletrade D.J. LLC 2351 LLC 2022 (Euro House, Richmond Hill Road, Kingstown, VC0100, St. Vincent and the Grenadines).
The information on this website is for informational purposes only and does not constitute any investment advice.
The company does not serve or provide services to customers who are residents of the US, Canada, Iran, The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Yemen and FATF blacklisted countries.
Making transactions on financial markets with marginal financial instruments opens up wide possibilities and allows investors who are willing to take risks to earn high profits, carrying a potentially high risk of losses at the same time. Therefore you should responsibly approach the issue of choosing the appropriate investment strategy, taking the available resources into account, before starting trading.
Use of the information: full or partial use of materials from this website must always be referenced to TeleTrade as the source of information. Use of the materials on the Internet must be accompanied by a hyperlink to teletrade.org. Automatic import of materials and information from this website is prohibited.
Please contact our PR department if you have any questions or need assistance at pr@teletrade.global.
Bank transfers
