THE VERDICT IS OUT: OMICRON LESS SEVERE EVEN FOR UNVAXXED

In January, a study by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) revealed that, it found that 8% of patients were hospitalized or died within 14 days of testing positive for Covid during the Omicron wave — compared to 16.5% in the first three waves. “After adjusting for age, sex, comorbidities and sub-district there was a substantially reduced hazard of death in wave four compared to wave three,” the study said.