Omicron spread due to mix of factors: WHO

8 January 2022, 18:00 PM

UPDATED 9 January 2022, 00:12 AM

AFP, Geneva

The World Health Organization said Friday that the spread of Omicron was down to a combination of factors including the make-up of the Covid-19 variant and increased social mixing.

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