Omicron

Omicron hits Saudi Arabia, first reported case in Arab world

Saudi Arabia on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of the new coronavirus variant, Omicron. The announcement is the first to be…

3 years ago

‘Omicron could have originated in HIV patients’

The surprising number of mutations in the Omicron Coronavirus (COVID-19) variant could signal that it originated in a patient with…

3 years ago

Omicron Covid-19 not in Nigeria yet; we’ve ramped up surveillance — FG

… as NCDC prioritises sequencing of samples from SARS-COV-2 positive travellers As concerns continued to mount over the new variant…

3 years ago