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Patchy monitoring means UK Omicron numbers are unclear

7 December 2021

The Omicron variant of coronavirus is likely to be more widespread in the UK than official numbers suggest as UK-wide doubling times are “remarkably fast” and “estimated to be around three days, says Professor Francois Balloux (UCL Genetics Institute).

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