https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/11/26/world-races-to-contain-new-covid-threat-the-omicron-variant/ > By RAF CASERT and CALVIN WOODWARD > BRUSSELS (AP) — Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world raced Friday to contain a new coronavirus variant potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled relentless waves of infection on every continent.