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A new covid-19 variant is spreading
. The WHO named it Omicron, after a
of the Greek
. It was first reported in Botswana on the 9th of November. Then it was detected in South Africa and flagged as a "virus of
". Cases were then reported in Hong Kong, Israel and Belgium. Epidemiologists warned that this new
could be extremely
. It may be able to evade
afforded us by
vaccines. Many countries have reinstated travel
. Despite these, new
have already been reported in the UK, Germany and the Czech Republic.