Will 2022 be the year in which Covid becomes endemic?

Some countries think so, but experts say we will still have to be vigilant and there’s ‘no reason to sound the all-clear’

16 January 2022 - 18:06 By Naomi Kresge and Tim Loh

After two years of contagion and death, Covid-19 is shifting again. Omicron is spreading faster than any previous variant, but it’s also proving less malevolent. There’s growing talk that the worst pandemic of the past century may soon be known in another way — as endemic...

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