Host name: Xhena Galima

Language: English

Are you also worried about the new Omicron variant?   There are a lot of ongoing questions about this new covid variant. Where did this come from? Is it more severe than the other types of covid variants? Is it more contagious? And most importantly how well the Covid-19 vaccines will hold up against it? Find out more by listening to this episode. This podcast is powered by IMDI and Radio Inter FM.

Source list:

Norwegian Institute of Public Health. (2021, 29. November). Risk assessment of the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 in Norway. Source from: https://www.fhi.no/en/news/2021/risk-assessment-of-the-omicron-variant-of-sars-cov-2-in-norway/

World Health Organization (2021, 28. November). Update on Omicron. Source from:

https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2021-update-on-omicron

UNICEF (2021, 30. November). What we know about the Omicron variant. Source from: https://www.unicef.org/coronavirus/what-we-know-about-omicron-variant

Gallagher, J. (2021, 6. December). Omicron: how worried should we. BBC News source fr om: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-59418127