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Omicron variant

The Omicron variant remains the dominant coronavirus variant circulating globally, but a string of Omicron subvariants has emerged, including BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, BA.4 and BA.5.

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A health worker gives a shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to 6-year-old Valentina Moreira at the Hospital da Clinicas in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.

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Omicron can last up to 8 days on plastic surfaces and 21 hours on skin.

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Research assistant Robert demonstrates how to prepare a sample for sequencing at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, England

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A medic prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at Ichilov Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre in Israel's Mediterranean coastal city of Tel Avi

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Staff member from the National Health Organisation (EODY) prepares a booster Johnson and Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 at Karatepe refugee camp, Lesbos, Greece.

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03/01/2022

A man receives a Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at the Bang Sue Central Vaccination Centre in Bangkok

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Co-founder and CEO of German biotechnology company BioNTech Ugur Sahin

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20/12/2021

Alphabet’s Google has reportedly told its employees they will lose pay and eventually be fired if they flout the company’s COVID-19 vaccine policy

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16/12/2021

Two of the world's most commonly-used COVID vaccines may not provide enough protection from the Omicron variant without a third booster dose, a new study warned on Tuesday

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15/12/2021

A new COVID-19 vaccine that can be administered without needles is being trialled at a university in the United Kingdom.

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14/12/2021

This photograph taken on December 2, 2021, shows a syringe and a screen displaying the SARS-Cov-2 mains variants : Alpha, Beta, Delta, Gamma and Omicron, in Toulouse.

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14/12/2021

The Omicron COVID variant is spreading throughout the world with Europe one of the current hotspots.

Omicron in Europe: Where has the new COVID variant been detected?

13/12/2021

Puseletso Lesofi prepares to sequence COVID-19 omicron samples at the Ndlovu Research Centre in Elandsdoorn, South Africa, Dec. 8, 2021.

Omicron COVID variant appears to spread faster than Delta, WHO says

12/12/2021

Little is still known about the new Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus

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Moderna boss Stéphane Bancel said there was "no world" in which current COVID-19 vaccines were as effective against the Omicron variant

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30/11/2021

By Monday, the token OMIC surged by 945 per cent since Saturday to reach an all-time high of $689 (€610).

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29/11/2021

The letter from nursing unions warned that vaccine inequality would lead to more COVID-19 variants emerging

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29/11/2021

A sign reading 'Stay safe' in Regent Street, in London, Friday, Nov. 26, 2021.

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