Omicron News Updates Live: Maharashtra reports four more cases of new COVID-19

On Dec 15, 2021

The new variant has been spreading across the country rapidly, with total cases of the new variant in India rising to 49

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This is a really serious threat at the moment. The how big a threat – there are several things we don’t know, but all the things that we do know, are bad. And the principle one being the speed at which this is moving, it is moving at an absolutely phenomenal pace

– Chris Whitty, England’s Chief Medical Officer

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