5 minutes to understand the Omicron variant

 Covid-19: 5 minutes to understand the Omicron variant

 Most viruses change over time: this is normal. They take new forms, called "variants". You may have heard of one

of them: Omicron. This is a new variant of the virus responsible for Covid.It has just been discovered

It is not known how long this new variant has been transmitted. But it was first detected, on November 24, by scientists from South Africa.

They immediately reported it to WHO, the World Health Organization. He is a United Nations agency with the goal of well-being and healthof all humans. This organization then alerted the whole world to the appearance of this new variant.She named it "Omicron" ("little o" in Greek). All variants of the virus responsible for the Covid are nicknamed a letter of the Greek alphabet: alpha,beta, gamma, delta…. This makes it easy to identify them.It is already circulating in several countries.The Omicron variant is mainly present in countries located in the south of Africa. But it has also been spotted in a dozen other countries:Australia, Canada, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom,

 Germany ...In France, 8 possible cases have been identified. Tests are in progress, for find out whether people really have the Omicron variant or not.He worries the specialists

 This variant is talked about a lot because it could be more contagious

and better resist the vaccine. The risk of it spreading around the world integer is important. Scientific studies are currently being carried out,to know more. Some countries, such as Japan or Israel, have decided to close their

 borders to prevent this variant, still poorly understood, from reaching their territory.