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                                <title><![CDATA[ UK says Omicron sub-lineage a ‘variant under investigation’ ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Sat, 22 Jan 2022 01:10:23 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ BA.2 does not have the specific mutation seen with Omicron that can be used as a proxy to easily distinguish it from Delta. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Omicron variant ‘almost certainly’ not more severe than Delta, says Fauci ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 08 Dec 2021 00:58:35 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Fauci says a more transmissible virus that doesn't cause more severe illness and doesn't lead to a surge of hospitalisations and deaths is the 'best case scenario.' ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ How South African scientists spotted the Omicron Covid variant ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2021 01:13:33 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The discovery of the Omicron variant in southern Africa has caused global alarm, with countries limiting travel from the region and imposing other restrictions for fear it could spread quickly even in vaccinated populations. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Did vaccine inequality lead to the Omicron variant? ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:17:30 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The WHO sounded the alarm on vaccine inequality again in September when countries with plenty of resources began eyeing booster shots for vaccinated adults and others considered vaccines for children. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ G7 ministers meet as new Covid strain spreads around the globe ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 02:38:07 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Omicron, first discovered in southern Africa, represents a fresh challenge to global efforts to battle the pandemic. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Malaysia, Singapore curb arrivals from southern Africa over new variant ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 11:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Citizens and foreigners holding permanent resident status will be allowed to return to Singapore and Malaysia, but will have to undergo quarantine. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Israel finds case of Covid strain first detected in South Africa ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:37:35 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ Scientists in South Africa said on Thursday that they had detected the new B.1.1.529 strain with at least 10 mutations, compared with two for Delta or three for Beta. ]]></description>
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                                <title><![CDATA[ Asian and European countries, alarmed by new Covid variant, tighten curbs ]]></title>
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                                <pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 09:31:20 GMT</pubDate>
                                <description><![CDATA[ The variant has a spike protein that is dramatically different to the one in the original coronavirus that Covid-19 vaccines are based on, the UK Health Security Agency says. ]]></description>
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