http://www.newsweek.com/omicron-symptoms-mild-people-die-maria-van-kerkhove-severity-world-health-organization-who-1657683

Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization's technical lead on COVID, has warned against referring to the Omicron variant as "mild" amid reports that it isn't yet causing as much severe disease as in previous waves.

Her comments came after early reports suggested that the new variant of concern appeared to be causing milder symptoms than some other forms of the virus.