Definitions for omicron variant
omi·cron vari·ant

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1. OMICRON variantnoun

   The World Health Organization (WHO) uses the Greek alphabet to describe variants of concern of SARS‑CoV‑2, the virus which causes COVID-19. On November 26, 2021, Omicron was assigned to the B.1.1.529 variant of concern.

   
   

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How to pronounce omicron variant?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say omicron variant in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of omicron variant in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of omicron variant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of omicron variant in a Sentence

1. Joe Biden:

   This news provides another potentially powerful tool in our fight against the virus, including the Omicron variant.

2. Johnson Johnson:

   The Company is testing blood serum from participants in completed and ongoing booster studies to look for neutralizing activity against the Omicron variant.

3. Ken Jacobs:

   The Omicron variant brings many of these issues back, frontline retail and restaurant workers are again facing difficult decisions about health risks and the need to put food on their own tables.

4. Rochelle Walensky:

   We know what we need to do against Delta, and that is get vaccinated, get boosted if you're eligible and continue all of those prevention measures, including masking. And those are very likely to work against the Omicron variant.

5. Peter Hotez:

   The big unknown is this: How much of that decline is due to something quirky because of the Omicron variant? Or, is this a weakness in the technology and it's not holding up? And it's very hard to sort out, all vaccines have strengths and weaknesses, and it may be that for mRNA that it does not produce durable protection. It could be that you go in, use mRNA vaccines to rapidly immunize a population, stabilize it, but then over time, you're going to have to come in with a heterologous boost that's a different technology.