- COVID Omicron variant spreading at unprecedented rate, WHO says (bbc.com)
- Omicron possibly more infectious because it shares genetic code with common cold coronavirus, study says (washingtonpost.com)
- Joe Biden to discuss Omicron Covid variant in White House address (theguardian.com)
- Dutch Authorities Find at Least 13 Omicron Cases in Travelers From Southern Africa (nytimes.com)What to know about the omicron variant of the coronavirus (washingtonpost.com)Frustrated by vaccine inequity, a South African lab is on the cusp of replicating Moderna’s shot (washingtonpost.com)Israel bars all foreigners, reinstates phone surveillance in effort to contain omicron variant (washingtonpost.com)
- Omicron Is a Dress Rehearsal for the Next Pandemic (nytimes.com)
- Friends who attended anime convention with man who contracted omicron have tested positive for coronavirus, health official says (washingtonpost.com)
- International travelers stranded, angry in omicron’s wake: ‘The first thing I did was cry’
- Scientists Scramble to Assess Magnitude of Omicron COVID’s Potency (washingtonpost.com)Before Even Receiving a Name, Omicron Could Have Spread in New York and the Country (nytimes.com)
- It’s Heeeere! Omicron Variant Found in Several U.S. States (nytimes.com)Emphasizing Tests, Biden Vows to Fight Omicron With ‘Science and Speed’ (nytimes.com)New York state detects five cases of Omicron variant on Thursday (theguardian.com)Dr. Fauci shoots down a reporter's 'really dangerous' idea to let the omicron variant run rampant (alternet.org)
- Omicron variant now in North America as first cases found in Canada
