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Omicron Virus Variant Linked to Less Severe Outcomes in Children in New Study
Undated colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) heavily infected with COVID-19 particles (red), isolated from a patient sample at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md., on Oct. 31, 2020. NIAID
The Omicron virus variant causes less severe disease in young children, according to a new study.
Researchers analyzed the health records of nearly 80,000 children under 5 years old who contracted the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19, for the first time, mostly when the Delta virus strain was dominant in the United States.
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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