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Health Check: Omicron Covid variant – what do we know?

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Omicron Covid variant – what do we know?

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Omicron Covid variant – what do we know? And a new way of testing for TB in children

Omicron Covid variant – what do we know? Growing evidence that pollution has a negative effect on our mental health. And a new way of testing for TB in children.

Omicron Covid variant – what do we know? Claudia examines key questions about the new variant with Professor of Molecular Virology, Jonathan Ball. 

Plus growing evidence that pollution has a negative effect on our mental health. And a new way of testing for TB in children.

Presenter: Claudia Hammond
Producer: Erika Wright

(Image: Microscopic view of influenza virus cells. Photo credit: Panorama Images/Getty Images.)

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