B.1.1.529 declared COVID-19 ‘variant of concern’, renamed Omicron by WHO

The classification puts Omicron into the most-troubling category of COVID-19 variants, along with the globally-dominant Delta. The World Health Organization on November 26 declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of COVID-19, first detected in southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron. ► Subscribe to The Economic Times for latest video updates. It's free! - http://www.youtube.com/TheEconomicTim... ► More Videos @ ETTV - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/TV ► http://EconomicTimes.com ► For business news on the go, download ET app: https://etapp.onelink.me/tOvY/Economi... Follow ET on: ► Facebook -   / economictimes   ► Twitter -   / economictimes   ► LinkedIn -   / economictimes   ► Instagram -   / the_economic_times   ► Flipboard - https://flipboard.com/@economictimes