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WHO designates COVID variant found in South Africa as

WHO designates COVID variant found in South Africa as "of concern"

Saturday, November 27, 2021, 09:53 GMT+7
WHO designates COVID variant found in South Africa as
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. Photo: Reuters

JOHANNESBURG -- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday designated a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa with a large number of mutations as being "of concern," the fifth variant to be given the designation.

The WHO said in a statement that it had assigned the B.1.1.529 variant the Greek letter Omicron.

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