One in five in Swedish study infected with Omicron despite being triple-vaccinated


  • World
  • Thursday, 07 Apr 2022

STOCKHOLM, April 6 (Xinhua) -- One in five hospital staff was infected by the Omicron variant of COVID-19 soon after having had the third vaccine dose, according to a Swedish study.

Although the majority had only mild symptoms, the virus load was sufficiently high to transmit the virus for up to nine days, Swedish Television (SVT) reported on Wednesday.

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