New version of Omicron found in Aus harder to detect: Aus health authorities

The new 'Omicron-like' variant of COVID-19 found in Australia's Queensland can't be detected with typical screening, the Australian health authorities said. "The new lineage has about half the gene variations of the original," Queensland's acting chief health officer Peter Aitken said. "The new version of Omicron was found in an overseas traveller from South Africa," health authorities said.