Vaccinated people who were subsequently infected with SARS-CoV-2 experienced a shorter duration of symptoms if they were infected with the omicron variant vs. the delta variant, mobile-app based data showed.
They also experienced less severe symptoms and a lower risk for hospitalization, according to a study published in The Lancet that will also be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases this month.
“Early reports suggested infection with omicron was less severe than with previous variants,” Cristina Menni, PhD, a professor at King’s