{"id":21070,"date":"2021-12-03T20:44:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/?p=21070"},"modified":"2021-12-03T20:44:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:44:54","slug":"who-tells-public-not-to-panic-about-omicron-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/who-tells-public-not-to-panic-about-omicron-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO tells public not to panic about Omicron variant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the world should not panic about the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 but it should prepare,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Speaking at a conference on Friday, top WHO scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the situation now was very different to a year ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It is still unclear if the highly mutated variant is more transmissible or better able to evade vaccines.<\/p>\n