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dhrp-35	Rao, Sohail; Singh, Manish	The Newly Detected B.1.1.529 (Omicron) Variant of SARS-CoV-2 With Multiple Mutations: Implications for transmission, diagnostics, therapeutics, and immune evasion	2021	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1810	81	30	Figure 1: Modeling of Spread of COVID-19 Cases in South Africa from Infection with B.1.1.529 Variant of SARS-CoV-2 Using S-gene Target Failure Data* *Source: Financial Times analysis of data from Global Initiative on Sharing Avian Influenza Data (GISAID) and the South African National Health Laboratory Service Given these alarming observations, the Technical Advisory Group of the World Health Organization (WHO) met on November 26, 2021, and classified the B.1.1.529 as the Variant of Concern and named it “Omicron” (6). The Delta variant was believed to be more than five times as contagious as previous variants, and studies have shown that it may be more likely than the original virus to put infected people in the hospital.	cache/dhrp-35.pdf	txt/dhrp-35.txt
