If 2021 is the year of vaccination, 2022 needs to be the year of earlier, better, faster, more affordable, and accessible tests and treatments to break the back of this pandemic.

There is increasing evidence of the high transmissibility of ***Omicron***, and in 2022 will likely replace Delta as the dominant variant.

As 2021 draws to a close, many countries are working through what it means to live with SARs-CoV2 virus, Delta and its newest sibling Omicron.

Twenty-one months into this pandemic, three key factors are driving countries to change their Covid 19 response strategy. First is a genuine concern with the detrimental impact of Covid fatigue on social, physical, economic, and mental well-being.