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Scientists Scramble to Understand ‘Very High’ Risk Omicron Variant

Scientists Scramble to Understand ‘Very High’ Risk Omicron Variant

KQED's Forum

November 29, 202121m 12s

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Show Notes

The World Health Organization today warned that the global risk from the new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is “very high”. The variant, first discovered in South Africa, has now been detected in more than a dozen countries. We’ll talk about what we know so far about how contagious the variant is and how effective vaccines are likely to be against it.

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