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New Delhi, November 27: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Saturday appealed to countries in the South-East Asia region to scale up surveillance, strengthen public health and social measures, and enhance vaccination coverage as a new variant of Covid has emerged. The new variant, known as B.1.1.529, has been detected in small numbers in South Africa. The WHO on Friday assigned the Greek letter Omicron to the variant. The global health has said the new strain may pose a higher risk of re-infection than past mutations of the virus. "Though Covid-19 cases have been declining in most countries of our...
