Where did Omicron come from?
First discovered a year ago in South Africa, the SARS-CoV-2 variant later dubbed ‘Omicron’ spread across the globe at incredible speed. It is still unclear exactly how, when and where this virus originated. A new study shows that Omicron’s predecessors existed on the African continent long before cases were first identified, suggesting that Omicron emerged gradually over several months in different countries across Africa. …read more
