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Omicron disrupts global hospital care

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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Source: AAP

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Hospitals around the world are under duress as the Omicron variant continues to spread.

Experts say that booster shots are the best defence to prevent hospitalisations, and also warn that more mutations are inevitable.

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