The World Health Organisation warned on Monday the new Covid-19 Omicron variant poses a "very high" risk globally, despite uncertainties about the danger and contagion levels of the new strain.
The Omicron Covid variant has emerged in more European countries just days after being identified in South Africa, raising the ire of governments around the world.
The constantly mutating Coronavirus has been surprising the world consistently, each time with a brand new upgraded version of itself with deadlier transmissibility.
The health ministry is set to issue fresh guidelines to handle this highly virulent new strain detected in South Africa and spreading to other countries. Experts believe an annual vaccine booster shot may now become necessary.