Omicron Covid Variant Poses ‘Very High' Global Risk and Is Likely to Spread, WHO Warns
The world is confronting a new coronavirus variant, and officials have named it “omicron." A World Health Organization panel has classified it as a highly transmissible virus of concern.
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16 sourcesWHO says new coronavirus variant poses 'very high' risk of global infection surges
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5 sourcesWorld on alert as UK reports cases of omicron COVID variant
UK Records Two Cases of 'Omicron' Variant as Countries Limit Travel
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The story so far
3 developments- Nov 26, 2021New omicron variant stokes world fears, triggers travel bans
- Nov 27, 2021What We Know So Far About Omicron, The Latest COVID 'Variant of Concern'
- Nov 29, 2021WHO warns that new virus variant poses 'very high' risk
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