Dataset For Omicron Variant Of COVID-19

Context

The Omicron variant, variant B.1.1.529, was first reported to WHO on 24 November 2021 and was classified as a variant of concern by WHO on 26 November 2021. The classification was made on the advice of the Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution, based primarily on information from South Africa that the variant has a large number of mutations and has caused a detrimental change in COVID-19 epidemiology.

The data set is downloaded from https://ourworldindata.org/

Content

The dataset contains:
Entity: Country Details
Code : Country: Country Code
Day: Day of Report
Omicron_Percentage: Percentage of Omnicron Impact on the day mentioned in Day column

Acknowledgements

To all the authors and laboratories responsible for producing this data and sharing it via the GISAID initiative.

Khare, S., et al (2021) GISAID’s Role in Pandemic Response. China CDC Weekly, 3(49): 1049-1051. doi: 10.46234/ccdcw2021.255 PMCID: 8668406

Elbe, S. and Buckland-Merrett, G. (2017) Data, disease, and diplomacy: GISAID’s innovative contribution to global health. Global Challenges, 1:33-46. doi:10.1002/gch2.1018 PMCID: 31565258

Shu, Y. and McCauley, J. (2017) GISAID: from vision to reality. EuroSurveillance, 22(13) doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2017.22.13.30494 PMCID: PMC5388101

Also CoVariants.org and https://ourworldindata.org/

Inspiration

Visualize the Omicron variant, variant B.1.1.529 spread.