New Variant Omicron 2021. Friday 26 November 2021 1107pm. The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa and stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their biggest falls in more than a year.
Ministers acted quickly over the new Omicron variant with border controls being enforced from midday today after learning it could potentially evade vaccines. To provide a non-stigmatising label that does not associate new variants with the location where they were first detected. On Friday the WHO gave the new B11529 COVID-19 variant an official name.
Have been detected CDC says Published Fri Nov 26 2021 1050 PM EST Updated Moments Ago Joanna Tan tan_joanna.
As the world reopens after 18-20 months of the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns a new variant of the coronavirus -- B11529 -- has been identified in South Africa now being called Omicron. Ministers acted quickly over the new Omicron variant with border controls being enforced from midday today after learning it could potentially evade vaccines. The discovery of a new coronavirus variant sent a chill through much of the world as. And booster shots could potentially broaden the range of antibodies people make enabling them to fight against new variants like Omicron.