Danish Health Body Expects January Peak for Omicron Variant

Denmark expects the surge in the omicron variant of the coronavirus to peak later this month, with fewer hospitalizations versus earlier strains leading to an improvement by March, a senior health official told broadcaster TV2.

Patients with the omicron variant have as much as 50% bigger chance of avoiding hospitalizations compared to patients with other variants, Tyra Grove Krause, a director of the Statens Serum Institut, was quoted as saying in an interview with the broadcaster on Monday, citing data from the U.K. and South Africa.