Omicron presents only mild symptoms for now: Doctor who first spotted the Covid variant

Dr. Angelique Coetzee, a Private Practitioner and Chair of the South African Medical Association, joins Worldwide Exchange to discuss the omicron Covid variant, after being one of the first doctors to spot the symptoms. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: Covid symptoms linked to the new omicron variant have been described as “extremely mild” by the South African doctor who first raised the alarm over the new strain. Dr. Angelique Coetzee, chair of the South African Medical Association, told the BBC on Sunday that she started to see patients around presenting with “unusual symptoms” that differed slightly from those associated with the delta variant, which is the most virulent strain of the virus to date and globally dominant.