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The new Covid-19 variant, Omicron can be five times more infectious, said the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.

DNA Explainer: How new COVID-19 variant Omicron is different from Delta and should we worry about it - Gene sequencing of the Omicron variant showed it had 43 aa mutations in the spike proteins as compared to 18 in the Delta variant.

DNA Explainer: Symptoms and risks associated with Omicron variant of concern - Health experts are deeply concerned due to the unusual constellation of mutations and a profile that is different from other variants of concern.

The decision, which will come into effect from Friday night, will mean airlines will be allowed to fly only Germans to Germany from South Africa, according to the source.

Shares and currencies in Asia's emerging markets fell sharply as investors fled riskier assets after the detection of the significant new mutation, which in-turn strengthened safe-haven assets like the dollar.

DNA Explainer: New variant evolved from AIDS patient? Know why its more transmissible - The B.1.1.529 variant was first spotted in the Southern African country of Botswana. So far, only 10 cases have been confirmed by genomic sequencing.

The B.1.1.529 variant has been detected in Botswana, Hong Kong and South Africa but the authorities in these countries are concerned by its high number of mutations that could evade the body’s immune response and become more transmissible.

The report stated that destination weddings are witnessing a huge uptick with every 10 out of 100 guests enquiring about them.

Botswana variant has been spotted in three countries, where variant surveillance is more dangerous with more mutations