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The emergence and rapid spread of a new COVID-19 variant has caused alarm among medical professionals, governments and communities worldwide. Much has been said about the latest COVID-19 variant (Omicron) that was detected last November 26 in South Africa: Amid all the hysteria around the globe surrounding this variant, new information continues to surface almost …

New York is still reeling from a surge of COVID-19 Delta variant cases, and now the Omicron variant has also been detected. Although health officials are doing their best to contact trace people to hamper transmission, it’s clear that community spread of the Omicron variant is underway. Incidence of the variant, now present in over …

Last November 26, the World Health Organization officially designated variant B.1.1.529 as Omicron. It has been dubbed by WHO as “a variant of concern.”  First detected in South Africa, the new Covid variant was publicly announced by the country’s National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NISD) last November 25 from laboratory samples with dates November 14 …