Omicron Updates From Around the World

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Nov. 29, 2021 — The new Omicron coronavirus variant, which has been detected in several countries in recent days, will spread widely across the world and inevitably reach the U.S., Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Monday. “Obviously, we’re on high alert,” he said on Good Morning … Read more

‘Omicron’ stokes concern but vaccines still most important tool: Experts

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Public policy expert Chandrakant Lahariya noted that Omicron has around 50 mutations. The Omicron variant carries “concerning” mutations that may make it more transmissible and allow it to evade immunity, scientists said on Monday, stressing that the one certainty in the uncertainty of the many things unknown is this — Covid is not a short-term … Read more