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Luis Alvarez/Getty Images(NEW YORK) As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 780,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Just 59.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Dec 01, 8:57 am South Korea confirms 1st cases of omicron variant South Korea on Wednesday confirmed its first cases of the omicron variant. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said the new variant was initially detected among three people a couple who arrived from Nigeria on Nov. 24 and their friend who drove them home from the airport. Since then, the variant was found in two other people who also traveled to Nigeria and returned to South Korea on Nov. 23, brin

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