Covid new variant 'Omicron' triggers alarm globally

By : Aaj Tak

Published On: 2021-11-27

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated B.1.1529 as a ‘variant of concern’. The variant of SARS-CoV-2, first detected in Africa’s Botswana, has been named Omicron. The WHO in a statement said that the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE), an independent group of experts that periodically monitors and evaluates the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and assesses if specific mutations and combinations of mutations alter the behavior of the virus, was convened on November 26. Watch this video for detailed information.

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