Prognosis
Denmark Reports a 36% Lower Risk of Hospitalization From Omicron
Visitors queue at a Covid-19 testing center in Valby, outside Copenhagen, Denmark, on Jan. 17, 2022.
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The risk of ending up hospitalized after a Covid-19 infection is 36% lower for people who were exposed to the omicron than the delta variant, according to a new study from health authorities in Denmark.
The study in the Nordic nation, which has one of the world’s most ambitious programs for testing and variant screening, showed that 0.6% of those infected with the new variant were admitted to hospital, compared with 1.5% of those who tested positive for delta.