Worldview with Suhasini Haidar | Has the world jumped the gun regarding Omicron?
The Hindu
Has the world jumped the gun on the Omicron scare, or are the travel bans, testing justified?
In the past week, countries across the world are reporting cases, a few each, of what has been named as the Omicron variant, first detected in South Africa. India has now seen two confirmed cases, but as with the rest of the world, there could be many more
On November 26,the WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern, named Omicron. So, how different is Omicron, and how does it compare with previous variants?
According to scientists
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