Coronavirus has appeared in many forms so far, in which Delta was the most dangerous. Apart from this, many variants like Alpha, Beta and many more have been revealed. Let’s know how these variants are named. Keep in mind that Omicron is the 15th variant.
Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concern about a new variant of the coronavirus. WHO has named it ‘Omicron’, describing it as ‘Variant of Concern/VOC’ in technical terminology.
WHO warned that this is a very rapid and large number of mutating variants. WHO has said that many mutations of this variant are causing concern, so based on preliminary evidence, WHO has said that the risk of infection has increased due to this mutation.
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After the appearance of this variant, many countries of the world have decided to ban travel from South Africa. People coming from South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini will not be able to enter the UK unless they are citizens of the UK or Ireland or are residents of the UK.
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US officials have also decided to halt flights to and from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi. These restrictions will come into effect from Monday. Due to the news of getting new variants of Corona, there was a sharp decline in the stock markets around the world on Friday.
Omicron, a new variant of the coronavirus found in South Africa, has raised the concern of many countries including India. While India has made it mandatory for passengers from 12 countries to check at the airport, the US is preparing to ban passengers coming from eight South African countries.
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