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Study conducted by South African scientists suggests Omicron will be able to overcome natural and probably vaccine-induced immunity

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Health authorities began conducting post-flight tests after a complete investigation into flights from South Africa on Nov 26

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South Africa is seeing an increase in Covid-19 reinfections in patients contracting Omicron, says scientist.

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The new variant has been detected in five of South Africa's nine provinces and accounted for 74% of the virus genomes sequenced in Nov.

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Nigeria says found Omicron variant from October samples.

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Samples tested in private lab bore a large number of mutations, especially on the spike protein that the virus uses to enter human cells

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'We have found the variant in two test samples that were taken on November 19 and November 23'

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UAE has suspended travel from seven countries in Africa amid new Covid-19 Omicron variant concerns.

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India has, so far, supplied more than 25 million doses of Made-in-India vaccines to 41 countries in Africa.

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