Chief medical officer says Australia "close" to peak of Omicron wave

CANBERRA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Paul Kelly declared on Saturday he was optimistic that the country's Omicron outbreak was close to its peak.

Kelly said there were "signs for hope" that the record-breaking wave of COVID-19 infections that has accounted for more than 1 million cases since December has peaked.

"In terms of the actual of the COVID-19 pandemic, there are s