The emergence and epidemic characteristics of the highly mutated SARS‐CoV‐2 Omicron variant

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Recently, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant (B.1.1.529) was first identified in Botswana in November 2021. It was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) on November 24. On November 26, 2021, according to the advice of scientists who are part of the WHO's Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 Virus Evolution (TAG-VE), the WHO defined the strain as a...

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