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Dr Robert Hess: Weekly Omicron Update

Dr Robert Hess: Weekly Omicron Update Teams of researchers around the world are working hard to understand the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus. It is the most highly differentiated among the five variants that have so far qualified for the World Health Organization classification “variant of concern” since the pandemic began.   The number…

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Dr Robert Hess: Heavily mutated Covid variant has been identified.

Dr Robert Hess: Heavily mutated Covid variant has been identified, rapidly labelled a “variant of concern” and named Omicron. Infection Omicron was first detected in South Africa last week, leading countries around the globe, including the United States, to impose travel restrictions on the southern African nation and at least seven others in the region….

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