地球，人間煉獄 CLXVXXIV (174期) ： Omicron Was Already in Europe a Week Ago, Officials Say

 

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Omicron Was Already in Europe a Week Ago, Officials Say


The variant was found in a test sample from Nov. 19 in the Netherlands, a week before the W.H.O. labeled it a “variant of concern.”
Little is known yet about how transmissible Omicron is, but its discovery in southern Africa has created another uncertain moment in the pandemic. Here’s the latest.
See where Covid is surging across Europe.




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