Hunt cautiously optimistic Omicron ‘milder’ than previous COVID-19 variants

Health Minister Greg Hunt has expressed “cautious optimism” the Omicron variant “may be milder” than previous strains of COVID-19. While stressing it’s too soon to be definitive, Minister Hunt says early international evidence of the new strain is positive. “So obviously we’ve taken a very cautious approach and a difficult decision … however, we’ve done that on the basis of determining the international evidence,” he told Sky News Australia. “The emerging, early international evidence, so it’s too soon to be definitive, is that we know that it is likely to be highly transmissible. “There are signs that it may be milder, but that is still to be determined, I need to be very clear on that. “At this stage, there are some reasons for cautious, early optimism, but we’ve taken precautionary decisions to protect the country.”

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