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. 2022 Jan-Feb:13:100961.
doi: 10.1016/j.cegh.2022.100961. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

The new COVID-19 omicron variant: Africa must watch its spread!

Shuaibu Saidu Musa  1   2 , Dawa Gyeltshen  3 , Emery Manirambona  4 , Dauda Ayuba  5 , Don Eliseo Lucero-Prisno 3rd  6   7
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The new COVID-19 omicron variant: Africa must watch its spread!

Shuaibu Saidu Musa et al. Clin Epidemiol Glob Health. 2022 Jan-Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Africa; COVID-19; Omicron variant; Pandemic; VOC; Vaccines; Virus.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationship that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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