“On COVID-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out of six of the WHO sub-regions saw cases increase in the last week,” Ghebreyesus said at a press briefing Wednesday.
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What are the symptoms of omicron?
In particular, the 480 million reports submitted via the study’s app have shown that as the virus has evolved, so too have the symptoms it causes.
Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately
Omicron is more likely to infect people, even if it doesn’t make them very sick, and its surge coincided with the holiday travel season in many places.
India will see Omicron surge but cases will be mild, vaccines will help: Angelique Coetzee
The chairperson of the South African Medical Association also said existing vaccines will definitely control the contagion but those unvaccinated are at 100 per cent ”risk”.
Of 183 Omicron cases analysed, 87 were fully vaccinated with 3 having booster shots, says govt
Two were partially vaccinated, seven people were unvaccinated while 16 were ineligible to receive vaccine doses in the country’s national vaccination programme. The vaccination status of 73 is still unknown, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a press conference.
PM Modi to chair review meeting over COVID situation today evening
India has reported 7,495 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, Union Health Ministry informed on Thursday.
COVID-19: With four more Omicron cases reported in Delhi, tally climbs to 28
As per Max hospital, Saket, the four people found to be infected with the variant have been admitted to their facility.
All Covid positive cases to be sent for genome sequencing: Kejriwal
The chief minister also noted that experts, in a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Monday, said Omicron spreads very fast but its symptoms are mild.
Man with travel history to Zimbabwe, S Africa, found Omicron positive, 2nd case in Delhi
On Sunday, a 37-year-old fully vaccinated man who arrived in Delhi from Tanzania, became the first patient of Omicron in the national capital.
Amid Omicron scare, high ‘seropositivity’ rate should help India, says expert
”Because, India has the advantage of very high rate of ‘seropositivity’ of 70, 80 per cent, and in big cities more than 90 per cent people already have antibodies,” Rakesh Mishra, former Director of CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) here, told PTI.
COVID-19: Mask usage declining; WHO warning against it, says NITI Aayog’s VK Paul amid Omicron scare
The Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Balram Bhargava added that regular meetings are being organised to keep a watch on the global scenario and Covid scene in India with a focus on Omicron.
Contact of Omicron-infected person in Rajasthan tests positive for Covid in South Delhi
The woman tested Covid positive on Thursday. She did not travel to any foreign country. 17 members in her family have been also put under home quarantine, an official said.
Omicron has higher risk of reinfection than Delta and Beta variants: Singapore’s health ministry
”This means that there is a higher likelihood of individuals who have recovered from COVID-19 to be reinfected with the Omicron variant,” Channel News Asia quoted the ministry as saying on Sunday in an update on the Omicron variant.
7 new Omicron cases detected in Maharashtra’s Pune, India tally touches 12
Seven people – four foreign-returnees and three of their close contacts – in Maharashtra were today found positive with the new Covid variant, Omicron, taking the total number of such cases in the country to 12.
First case of Omicron detected in Delhi
The patient is currently admitted at the Lok Nayak Hospital and has mild symptoms, they said.
People need not panic but should follow COVID appropriate behaviour: Vice President on Omicron
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday asked the people not to panic in the wake of the emergence of the new COVID variant, Omicron and advised them to remain vigilant and continue following COVID appropriate behaviour till the pandemic is over.
Omicron: Parliamentary panel recommends evaluation of vaccines, more research for booster dose
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, which presented its report on Friday, also said that concerns with regard to the new strain developing immune escape mechanism should be critically addressed.
WHO says measures against delta work for omicron variant too
While a few regional countries are facing surges, COVID-19 cases and deaths in many others have decreased and plateaued, WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Dr. Takeshi Kasai told reporters Friday in a virtual news conference broadcast from Manila, Philippines.
Omicron scare: Night curfew in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu till Dec 31
Starting Thursday, the night curfew will be force between 11 pm and 6 am till December 31, said the order issued by the Health and Family Welfare department of the Union Territory administration.
5 contacts of 46-year-old Omicron infected person test COVID positive, genome sequencing results awaited
The new COVID-19 variant was first reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) from South Africa on November 25. As per the WHO, the first known confirmed B.1.1.529 infection was from a specimen collected on November 9 this year.
UK speeds up COVID booster jabs to buy time against Omicron variant
A total of 32 cases of the Omicron variant – feared to be more rapidly transmissible than even the Delta variant – have been confirmed in the UK so far.
Omicron scare: 7-day institutional quarantine must for travellers to Maharashtra from ‘at-risk’ countries
The State Disaster Management Authority on Tuesday night issued the guidelines, an official said. The list of ‘at-risk’ countries is announced by the Union government.
Omicron scare: Centre advises states to ramp up testing for early detection of cases
While underlining that the new variant doesn’t escape RT-PCR and RAT tests, Bhushan asked states and UTs to ensure adequate infrastructure and supervised home isolation, a Union Health Ministry official said.
New Covid variant: Kejriwal questions delay in banning international flights
The B.1.1.529 Covid variant or Omicron, first detected in South Africa last week, was designated by the World Health Organisation as a ‘variant of concern’, the health body’s top category for worrying coronavirus variants.
WHO chief: Omicron shows need for global accord on pandemics
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said many uncertainties remain about just how transmissible and severe infection by the highly mutated omicron might be.