Health care officials are issuing more advisories about the Omicron variant of Covid-19 that is now becoming the dominant strain across the country.
Dr James Lawler, co-executive director of the Global Center for Health Security at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, says there is an outbreak risk associated with the variant…

Lawler says vaccinations are the best protection….

Lawler says post infection treatments are limited against omicron…

The Omicron variant of Coronavirus 19 or COVID-19 is the latest of the genetic variants of SARS-CoV-2 spreading around the world. The Omicron variant, identified as B.1.1.529, is more easily spread than the Delta variant and was first detected in specimens collected in November in Botswana and South Africa.