EXPLAINER: BA.2 variant takes over. What's known about it?
An extra-contagious version of the coronavirus has taken over the world
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Scientists worry virus variant may push up COVID cases in US
Scientists worry that a contagious coronavirus variant may soon push cases up in the United States just as it has in Eur...
Live updates: South Korea records 1st omicron variant death
South Korea says it has confirmed its first death related to the new omicron variant
Do at-home COVID-19 tests detect the omicron variant?
At-home COVID-19 tests are able to detect the omicron variant, but U.S. health officials say early data suggests they ma...
New Zealand announces measures to keep out omicron variant
New Zealand will shorten the gap between second COVID-19 vaccine doses and boosters and push back the phased reopening o...
EU official: Omicron to be dominant variant by mid-January
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says that omicron is expected to be the dominant coronavirus variant...
China detects 2nd case of omicron variant
China has detected its second case of the omicron variant in a 67-year-old man who tested positive after more than two w...
UK hikes virus alert level as omicron variant surges
The British government has raised the country’s official coronavirus threat level and warned the rapid spread of the omi...
Japan confirms 8 more cases of new coronavirus variant
Health officials in Japan have confirmed eight more cases of the new omicron variant of the coronavirus, bringing the co...
What You Need to Know About the Omicron Variant
is the latest variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. Like Delta, it’s been designated by the World Health Organizati...
