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Events on Wednesday 24 November 2021 1
2021Omicron variant identified in southern AfricaA heavily mutated variant that outran every predecessorSouth African scientists reported the Omicron variant on 24 November 2021. Far more transmissible than earlier strains, it drove the largest infection wave of the pandemic within weeks.