Scientists say Omicron variant spreading twice as fast as Delta

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Researchers looking into the Omicron variant say it appears to be spreading twice as fast as the Delta variant. Also in the programme: Voters are heading to the polls in The Gambia to choose a new president and in UK the first person to die of AIDS is chronicled in a television documentary. (Photo: A health worker tests passengers for coronavirus at Amsterdam Schiphol airport on December 2, 2021 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Credit: Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images)