SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
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sars-cov-2-omicron-variant-206-13215658
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SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
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Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the predominant variant in circulation around the world. Following the original B.1.1.529 variant, several subvariants of Omicron have emerged including: BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4, and BA.5. Since October 2022, two subvariants of BA.5 called BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 have em
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Type of the virus first detected in November 2021
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARS-CoV-2_Omicron_variant
date created:
2021-11-25T23:42:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T20:36:23Z
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