The World Health Organisation has declared a new coronavirus variant to be "of concern" and named it Omicron.

It said the variant had a large number of mutations and early evidence suggested a possible increased risk of reinfection.

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Preliminary evidence indicates that the Omicron variant does not make people sicker than the Delta and other strains – Dr Fong
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Pfizer, BioNTech vaccine neutralises Omicron with three shots
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Health Ministry assessing whether the increase in COVID-19 cases is being driven by a resurgence of the Delta variant or the new Omicron variant
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