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Omicron panic, stigma worry Botswana

Friday, December 03, 2021 | 890 Views |

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Panic has been in the air since health officials sounded the alarm on the new Omicron variant last week. As part of their routine genomic surveillance of SARS-COV-2, local scientists detected this variant on four diplomats who had visited Botswana last month.

At the conclusion of their mission in Botswana, the quartet tested positive for COVID-19 after conducting their pre-travel tests. Their COVID-19 variant was confirmed as B 1. 1. 529 on November 24, 2021, and has been renamed Omicron.

Now the panic fever has reached many countries across the world consequently imposing travel bans and restrictions on Southern African countries including Botswana.

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Omicron panic, stigma worry Botswana

Panic has been in the air since health officials sounded the alarm on the new Omicron variant last week. As part of their routine genomic surveillance of SARS-COV-2, local scientists detected this variant on four diplomats who had visited Botswana last month.

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