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- The World Health Organisation (WHO) designated SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1529 as a ‘variant of concern’.
- This variant of SARS-CoV-2 has been named Omicron.
- This variant was first detected in the Botswana region of South Africa on November 24.
- South Africa is witnessing a sharp increase in covid-19 infection, coinciding with the detection of the Omicron variant.
- First known confirmed Omicron infection was from a specimen collected on November 9.
- The newly detected variant has a large number of mutations.
- Some of the mutations are concerning.
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