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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that the EU is taking this new variant, Omicron, 'very seriously'. Source: Reuters

The World Health Organisation on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19, first detected in southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron. Nations around the world have responded by banning flights from the region.

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The World Health Organisation on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19, first detected in southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron. Nations around the world have responded by banning flights from the region.

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