{"id":210434,"date":"2021-12-02T18:34:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/israeli-doctor-says-he-contracted-omicron-in-london-did-new-covid-variant-emerge-before-detection-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2021-12-02T18:34:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T16:34:55","slug":"israeli-doctor-says-he-contracted-omicron-in-london-did-new-covid-variant-emerge-before-detection-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/israeli-doctor-says-he-contracted-omicron-in-london-did-new-covid-variant-emerge-before-detection-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Doctor Says He Contracted Omicron in London. Did New Covid Variant Emerge Before Detection in Africa?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/myjhb.co.za\/israeli-doctor-says-he-contracted-omicron-in-london-did-new-covid-variant-emerge-before-detection-in-africa\/\">Israeli Doctor Says He Contracted Omicron in London. Did New Covid Variant Emerge Before Detection in Africa?<\/a>: <input type=\"hidden\" class=\"simple-love-fix\" data-id=\"4996\" value=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Israeli Doctor Says He Contracted Omicron in London. Did New Covid Variant Emerge Before Detection in Africa?<\/strong>: The Israeli doctor is one of the first to be infected with the omicron variant of the coronavirus. 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Did New Covid Variant Emerge Before Detection in Africa?: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa in the news: Israeli Doctor Says He Contracted Omicron in London. 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