New Covid-19 variant Omicron sparks meme fest online. See best ones

From terming it as Godzilla to rebuking the variant for cancelling their travel plans, netizens had several opinions about the Omicron variant.

By now, you have probably heard that there’s a new variant of the deadly coronavirus named Omicron that has been identified in South Africa. This new variant has become an issue of concern for scientists because it has over 30 mutations in the part of the virus that current vaccines target. It is also suspected of driving a spike in new infections in South Africa. Now, some cases of this new variant have been detected in parts of Europe and Asia and have alarmed people all over the world. #Omicron has entered the chat. pic.twitter.com/IBbVGhAwu4 #Omicron and me vaccinated pic.twitter.com/RhMJCjZ5oZ The #Omicron variant and the war on COVID explained: pic.twitter.com/wg3WUuSkCm If comic books have taught me anything it’s that something named #OMICRON is going to be near impossible to defeat unless we all work together to defeat it. pic.twitter.com/SC8GUNYm2q #coronavirus #Omicron"My fall plans" "New variant" pic.twitter.com/DOyENTEA1x #OmicronCorona Virus every year with new Variant....While we don't care every year .. pic.twitter.com/Xu4KDfwaMj #Omicron New COVID-19 varient detected in South AfricaMeanwhile corona virus: pic.twitter.com/6GuUUhbiRX Is it me or does #Omicron sound like a #Transformers villain? pic.twitter.com/sxUaXFQOIH Wait a minute, #Omicron isn't the Transformer robot god? pic.twitter.com/dDY6liQSTi Delta leaving and here comes Omicron#covidvariant #Omicron pic.twitter.com/XQkIgFxC8H This one is fun. #Omicron pic.twitter.com/QwWmAJuKfT #Omicron coming to clean up the people again like- pic.twitter.com/qMprhZyRPm

After two long years of being restricted inside their homes and leading an almost virtual life, it was pretty evident that netizens would be disheartened after the news of the new Covid variant broke out. But, trust tweeple to find humour in the darkest of things, as the hashtag #Omicron started trending on Twitter with some hilarious memes.