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Omicron Covid variant may have originated in animals
20/10/2022 02:58 PM | Click to read full article
The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus may have been transmitted from an animal species to humans, according to a study.
The research, published recently in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, provides new insights into the evolutionary origins of Omicron.