World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.FABRICE COFFRINI / POOL by Ed Feil, University of Bath The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced that the B.1.1.529 lineage of Sars-CoV-2, thought to have emerged in southern Africa, is to be designated as a variant of concern (VoC) named omicron. This decision has already precipitated a … Continued
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