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Omicron is a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. Omicron had earned the Variant of Concern (VoC) designation from WHO on November 26, soon after it was first detected, amid fears that the more than 50 mutations it possesses in total over earlier strains would amount to a variant more adept at infecting people and beating the protection offered by existing vaccines and therapies. What started as a new localized variant in South Africa has now rapidly spread across E
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