Star City (amusement park)
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Star City is a 35,000 m2 amusement park in Pasay, Philippines. It is located in the reclaimed area of the Cultural Center of the Philippines Complex, part of Bay City. The facility is owned by Star Pa
The outer facade of the entrance building, pictured in 2020
Entrances in February 2023
The Giant Star Wheel in 2014
Star Flyer in 2024
SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
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Omicron is a heavily mutated variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. It was first detected i
Comparison of mutation prevalence for ORF1a, ORF1b, and S genes of Omicron lineages that are designated Variants of Concern. Characteristic mutations for a lineage are defined as nonsynonymous substitutions or deletions that occur in > 75% of sequences within that lineage.
False-color transmission electron micrograph of an Omicron variant coronavirus, shown in pink, replicating within the cytoplasm of an infected Vero cell