WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Early indications of the severity of the Omicron Covid-19 variant are “a bit encouraging,” top US pandemic advisor Anthony Fauci said Sunday, while cautioning more information was still needed. “Omicron has a transmission advantage” in South Africa, where the variant was first reported, Fauci said in a CNN interview, noting the country had a low level of cases before it saw “almost a vertical spike upwards, which is almost […]