New COVID-19 Variant Omicron updates, iiQ8 news World Health Organization

Kuwait City, 27th November 2021:

New COVID-19 Variant Omicron updates, iiQ8 news World Health Organization

Live updates: The new #Covid19 strain has been named #Omicron by the World Health Organization #WHO

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WHO declares new coronavirus strain ‘variant of concern’ ! WHO has named it #Omicron

The WHO designated the new strain as a variant “of concern,” the fifth variant to be given the designation.

The organisation said in a statement that it had assigned the B.1.1.529 variant the Greek letter Omicron.

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