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For the first time since the Covid pandemic began, the variants that make up the mounting Omicron wave look different. World scientists are warning of a growing splinters of the Omicron offspring found in different parts of the world.

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It has been more than two years since the coronavirus pandemic hit the world and the virus continues to mutate. Now, Experts have warned against Omicron's sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5.

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Amid a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases worldwide, the WHO has now warned that dismissing the Omicron variant as a mild infection will be a monumental mistake.

WHO: Dismissing the Omicron variant as a mild infection will be a monumental mistake

As countries across the world tackle an Omicron surge, the World Health Organization has said that more and more evidence is emerging that points at the new variant being milder than the previous ones.

WHO: Evidences suggest that the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is milder than previous variants

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In Israel it has been suggested that up to a third of the country's almost 10 million people could contract the omicron variant of covid-19 in the next three week. Our correspondent Jodie Cohen spoke with professor Jonathan Gershoni who works at the school of molecular cell biology and biotechnology at the Tel Aviv university.

Dr Jonathan Gershoni exclusive on covid-19's latest variant Omicron

It has been two years since the coronavirus first entered our lives and then took over. During this time we have had multiple waves, millions of people have died due to this infections and right when the world had accepted that they had to coexist with Covid-19, the virus came back far more transmissible than ever before.

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The horrific images of India's deadly second wave, which hit the country in April this year are still fresh in people's memory.

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The WHO's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has said that while the new covid variant omicron appears to be very transmissible, the right response is to be prepared and not panic.

Omicron around the world

The WHO has confirmed that the omicron is quite transmissible, yet not so lethal. The reason seems to be in the similarity of the genetic material to the virus which causes the common cold.

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Months after a devastating second wave of coronavirus infections, which led to the deaths of more than 200, 000 people, India's health ministry has now reported their first two cases of Omicron covid variant. WION's principal correspondent Sidhant Sibal brings in more on this.

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While experts are trying to understand the new strain of coronavirus and governments are trying to contain the damage caused by Omicron, drug-maker Moderna has issued fresh warnings.

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In response to the discovery of a new COVID-19 variant, Omicron in southern Africa, the United States, Canada, Russia, and a host of other countries joined the European Union in restricting travel for visitors from that region.

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