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A preventive measure introduced in May; Thai Chana QR-code before entering a retail premise to track individual customers On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan, Hubei, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019.
Delta (B.617.2) First identified in India in late 2020, the delta variant soon spread across the globe. It became the dominant variant of SARS-CoV-2 until the emergence of omicron in December 2021.
On 26 November at an emergency meeting in Geneva, Switzerland WHO's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution designated PANGO lineage B.1.1.529 a variant of concern (VOC) and gave it the designation Omicron (skipping Nu and Xi, the next letters in the Greek alphabet in keeping with its nomenclature protocol introduced for the Delta variant).
The same day, the Norwegian Institute of Public Health confirmed that 50 attendees of a company Christmas party held at a restaurant in Norway's capital, Oslo, were infected with the Omicron variant. [78] France has confirmed only 25 cases of the new Omicron variant but officials say the number could jump significantly in the coming weeks. [79]
The Netherlands reinstates lockdown restrictions in response to the spread of the Omicron variant. [ 10 ] British Secretary of State for Health Sajid Javid has stated that the British Government will not rule out further lockdown restrictions prior to Christmas in order to combat the Omicron variant.
Two Orange County teens died of COVID-19 this month, underscoring Omicron's heightened toll on kids across the nation. Omicron brought 'more severe disease in kids'; 2 Orange County teens died ...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan declared a "major incident" Saturday as the omicron variant of the coronavirus surged through the United Kingdom's capital.
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