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WHO: Omicron could have ‘major impact’, but no definitive answers yet

Staff Writer Dec 9, 2021

(United Nations News) Features of the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, including the extent to which it will spread, and the sheer number of mutations, suggest that it could have a major impact on the course of the pandemic, but it’s still …
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Still ‘not clear’ whether Omicron COVID variant is more transmissible or more severe than Delta: WHO

Staff Writer Nov 29, 2021

(United Nations News) The World Health Organization published on Sunday an update on the science regarding the new coronavirus variant Omicron which is causing global concern and sparking increasing flight bans on Southern African…
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COVID variants ‘winning the race against vaccines’ warns WHO chief

Staff Writer Jul 9, 2021

(United Nations News) Variants like Delta are “currently winning the race against vaccines” said the World Health Organization (WHO) chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday, pinning the blame squarely on a lack of equitable…
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