Cases Climb. Hospitalization Hope. No Shanghai Surprise.

Omicron soars in the U.K. and Denmark as China gets its second case. A new South African study shows that while the new Covid variant is more transmissible and better able to evade the Pfizer vaccine, it does cause less severe illness. China mobile gets the green light to list in Shanghai after getting kicked out of New York. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices