Omicron variant: What to know about the new COVID-19 strain
Omicron variant: What to know about the new COVID-19 strain

Omicron variant: What to know about the new COVID-19 strain

An advisory panel of the World Health Organization classified on Nov. 27, 2021, a worrying new COVID-19 variant first detected in South Africa as a highly transmissible virus of concern, naming it "Omicron" under its Greek letter system.

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