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The most challenging phase of the Omicron outbreak is yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than other countries

  • Written by Matthew Hobbs, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Co-Director of the GeoHealth Laboratory, University of Canterbury
The most challenging phase of the Omicron outbreak is yet to come, but New Zealand may be better prepared than other countriesFiona Goodall/Getty Images

Within a month of the first community exposure to Omicron in Aotearoa New Zealand, the variant has already become the dominant strain of COVID-19.

We are yet to see the rapid and steep rise in new Omicron cases that has been predicted. This could be because of asymptomatic transmission, but it is equally likely because...

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