 "A health worker testing for Covid-19 collects the swab sample of a man at a railway station in Ranchi on November 27, 2021. (PTI Photo)")
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday published answers to a set of frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the Omicron variant of coronavirus in the wake of mounting concerns over its high number of mutations.
The variant was first detected in November in South Africa and has since spread to dozens of countries including India. Two people in Karnataka have tested positive for variant so far.
What is Omicron and what makes it a variant of concern (VoC)?
Omicron is a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 and was first reported from South Africa on 24th November. The variant
