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Omicron poses very high global risk, world must prepare –WHO

Illustration. [Reuters]

The heavily mutated Omicron coronavirus variant is likely to spread internationally and poses a very high risk of infection surges that could have "severe consequences" in some places, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.

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