Coronavirus: Omicron outbreak in UK-US, WHO issues alert

New Delhi: Omicron is growing at a fast pace in all parts of the world including India. According to WHO report, Omicron variant in UK, US is more dangerous than Delta.

At the same time, according to the report, South Africa, the country that first detected the variant on 24 November, is seeing a decline in the number of Omicron cases.

WHO issues alert:

During an update in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, Omicron is spreading at a rate that we have not seen with any previous variant.

Scientists said in a recent report that just 24 hours after infection, Omicron starts spreading in the body about 70 times faster than Delta and the original SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Meanwhile, a team of scientists studying the effectiveness of existing vaccines on Omicron has shared great information. Based on a preliminary laboratory study conducted by Russia's Gamleya Center, researchers have claimed that the Sputnik V vaccine and a one-shot Sputnik light booster dose may be more effective against this variant.

Omicron cases in UK-US:

Preliminary data from the United Kingdom, South Africa and Denmark suggests that the risk of hospitalization is lower for Omicron than for the delta version.

Preliminary data suggest that monoclonal antibodies may be less able to neutralize the Omicron variant.

Research has reported that people who were infected with Omicron, especially those who had been vaccinated, had increased immunity to the delta variant of the corona.

WHO has said about Omicron that this virus is capable of spreading even among people who have been fully vaccinated.

Many countries around the world have banned travel to countries such as South Africa and Botswana, where the highest number of cases of the variant were being reported.

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