Bhubaneswar: Though detection of Omicron COVID-19 variant has raised concern across the world, it failed to stop memers from doing what they are best at-- creating hilarious memes.

Netizens took to Twitter to post and share memes on the new strain of the virus. Below are the best ones.

On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO’s Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE). This decision was based on the evidence presented to the TAG-VE that Omicron has several mutations that may have an impact on how it behaves.