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arly evidence from South Africa, where the Omicron variant was first detected, shows that Omicron infections appear to have less serious symptoms than previous Covid mutations and result in fewer hospitalisations. That means our Covid response should immediately shift to ensuring our frontline, community-based general practice teams are resourced to be able to manage the inevitable

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