The disease detectives went to work after reports of the discovery of Omicron sprang up from South Africa towards November end, and the genetic sequencing details were uploaded to a global database.
Globally, COVID-19 is confirmed to be the third leading cause of death, after heart disease and stroke.
According to the Associated Press, the coronavirus pandemic has killed above five million people globally in less than two years.
The pandemic has not only devastated developing countries bu
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