“World Economic Forum reported about the Omicron variant in July 2021”
What FACTLY found
The World Economic Forum (WEF) did not report about the Omicron variant in July 2021. The WEF article that mentioned the B.1.1.529 or the Omicron variant was updated on 26 November 2021 to include the information about the new variant. The new SARS-CoV-2 variant, B.1.1.529 was first reported to WHO from South Africa on 24 November 2021. “The first known confirmed B.1.1.529 infection was from a specimen collected on 09 November 2021.” The B.1.1.529 variant was designated as a ‘variant of conce...
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In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 November 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 29 November 2021. Its rating was “FALSE”.
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