The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday issued an update on Omicron, the new COVID-19 variant of concern. The variant was first detected in South Africa. It is not yet clear whether Omicron is more transmissible compared to other variants. It is also not yet clear whether infection with Omicron causes more severe disease compared to infections with other variants, including Delta. Notably, on 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529, also known as Omicron, a variant of concern on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE).

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