The picture painted by Tim Spector, lead scientist on the Zoe COVID Symptom study, which has been monitoring the movements of COVID-19 via user submissions on its app, is both encouraging and unsettling.

Mr Spector, who is a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, said early indications “show that Omicron is breaking through in vaccinated people, but it’s causing milder cold-like symptoms”.

The prof added: “However, this is not a reason to be relaxed about Omicron.

“Covid is unpredictable and, even if most only feel like they’ve got a cold, there are far more long-term risks than a cold carries.”

Source: | This article first appeared on Express.co.uk

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