WHO Technical Brief and Priority Actions: Enhancing Readiness for Omicron.

Enhancing Readiness for Omicron (B.1.1.529): Technical Brief and Priority Actions for Member States – World Health Organization

Commentaries:

The World Health Organization warns of very high risk posed by the omicron variant – NPR

Omicron Covid variant poses very high global risk, says WHO – The Guardian

See also the latest articles on the subject:

Statement On Omicron Variant – Infectious Diseases Society of America

Covid-19: Omicron may be more transmissible than other variants and partly resistant to existing vaccines, scientists fear – The BMJ

Helen Salisbury: Omicron—panic mongering or appropriate caution? – The BMJ

The Omicron variant underscores the global stakes of Covid-19 vaccine inequity – STAT

EXPLAINER: What we know and don’t know about omicron variant – Associated Press

Omicron: How do you detect it? – BBC

Are new COVID variants like Omicron linked to low vaccine coverage? Here’s what the science says – The Conversation

Omicron: why the WHO designated it a variant of concern – The Conversation

It looks like Omicron causes milder illness – is this how COVID becomes endemic? – The Conversation

As Omicron spreads, studies suggest that travel bans alone don’t do much good – NPR