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- 🦠The first case of the new Omicron variant has been confirmed in Brighton and Hove.
- 🦠All close contacts have been identified and are isolating, the council say.
- 🦠Early indications Omicron is ‘more transmissible’ than Delta.
- 🦠Scientists have warned cases of the Omicron variant in the UK are soon expected to be higher than in some African countries.
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