Omicron in a sentence

After the omicron variant showed up in November 2021, it didn’t stay the same for long.

Although China was one of the first box office territories to recover in the early days of the pandemic, it slipped back again in 2022 as the country battled the Omicron variant of Covid.

As scientists look at the emergence of BA.2.86 Covid variant as a reminiscence of Omicron virus, they are in a huddle to find out if the new highly-mutated coronavirus variant will be a global concern or not.

A staff member draws up a syringe with the Comirnaty vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer adapted to the Omicron-BA.1 variant at the Mainz vaccination center.

As the Omicron variant surges, it’s wrecking the school-year routine, sometimes for weeks at a time.

At least on that end it appears as if the evolution of Covid variants has become steadier during the pandemic's third year, with more gradual changes compared to the leaps we saw with Alpha, Delta and Omicron.

China is posting the steepest drop in Covid deaths among more than 20 places hit hardest by Omicron, reviving questions about its virus data and the true impact of the reopening wave as Beijing works to move on from the pandemic.

Entering into December, Omicron outbreaks across the country severely disrupted manufacturing, logistics and offline store operations,” it said.

Experts have highlighted that this strain, similar to the Omicron variant, possesses the ability to more easily evade immunity, raising concerns among health authorities and communities alike.

However, it has tens of more mutations compared to Omicron.

It is thought by some epidemiologists that this is the route that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 took, mutation taking place in infected rats which then transmitted an adapted virus back to humans.

Like its parent XBB, Kraken has strong immune evasive properties compared with previous Omicron sub-lineages, according to scientists.

Ms Ardern's rivals took the lead in the polls at the same time her government introduced a fresh round of restrictions when the country was hit by the Omicron Covid variant.

Nationally, the new EG.5 variant, a spinoff of the XBB recombinant strain of the Omicron family, is driving most new infections, according to the latest estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Oil prices are going higher once China’s economy is past the Omicron 2.0 wave crashing over it right now.

Omicron: Samples of 246 foreign returnees in Odisha sent for genome.

Omicron's XBB variants, alongside BQ.1, are the most resistant to antibodies built up from vaccination and previous infections, according to the WHO.

Omicron was first described in South Africa in November 2021 - within a week this variant was detected in 16 countries.

One passenger each from Muscat, Kuwait, and Bangkok was identified with BA.2 strain of Omicron.

Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax have developed new vaccines that more closely target current variants, all offshoots of Omicron which became dominant in late 2021.