Scientists warn Omicron not last of COVID variants, new strain may hit soon: Report - Republic World

According to the researchers, quoted in the AP report, every infection provides a chance for the virus to mutate and therefore, they concluded that the next variant of the coronavirus may hit the world in the next few months.

They said that there is always space for the new variant.

Citing the earlier variants, the researchers said that the new variant gradually degrades in terms of "lethality" and "transmissibility"

Despite the regular updates from the global health agencies, the situation is not clear whether the new variant is more lethal than earlier COVID variants or whether the vaccine affects the Omicron variant or not

The researcher said it is not clear whether the vaccine would work on the upcoming COVID variant but advocated for administering the vaccine in order to curb the spread of the virus