Aanchal Anand, S. Hossain, Akashdeep Sharma, U. Shah
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Abstract
WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern on 26 November 2021 and since then there have been many speculations regarding its origin and control measures. It is not yet clear if the omicron variant is more transmissible compared to other variants.