U.S. Officially Classifies Omicron As A “Variant Of Concern” Alongside Delta
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deadline.comThree days after the World Health Organization declared Omicron a “variant of concern,” the U.S. SARS-CoV-2 Interagency Group followed suit.In doing so, it cited multiple factors including the rapid spread of the new Covid-19 variant, its large number of mutations and that it has caused the “displacement of Delta in South Africa.” That last is concerning because Delta had outcompeted other variants in much of the world.
The fact that Omicron has supplanted it in one region suggests that could happen in others. Delta is the only other variant of concern recognized by the CDC.The CDC statement also confirms that, as of today, the new variant has not been detected in the U.S., but President Biden and others have recently said it is only a
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