Geneva: Scientists from all over the world are engaged in research regarding the new variant of Coronavirus New Variant, Omicron. In a week, Omicron has spread to 24 countries. So far 210 people have been infected with this variant in 24 countries. There has been a stir ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared this new variant of Corona capable of spreading rapidly (B.1.1.529) as a Variant of Concern (VOC). Omicron is said to be a faster-spreading variant than the Delta variant. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization believes that there has been a trend in the whole world regarding the corona epidemic, where not only slow vaccination has been seen, but corona testing has also remained very low. This trend makes many variants of Corona more powerful.
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, ‘No one needs to innovate. Some of the weapons of Corona are already present, it is only necessary to use them in the right way at the right time. have gone. Its figures will increase further. The organization is taking this very seriously.
He said that all other countries should also take it very seriously. But don’t let this virus surprise us. This is what the virus does and this is what this virus will continue to do, as long as we allow it to spread. Tedros, director-general of the World Health Organization, said that the organization is constantly investigating Omicron, but its effect on transmission, its severity, and the effect of tests, vaccines on it are yet to be ascertained.
He said that several WHO advisory groups have met in the last few days to examine the evidence and get the answers to the remaining questions after studying. Earlier, the head of the UN health agency criticized the measures taken by countries over the past few days to contain the spread of the Omicron variant.
In a statement on Tuesday, the Director-General of WHO said that he is extremely concerned about this new variant found in Botswana and South Africa. Let us inform you that after getting this variant last week, many countries have imposed a travel ban on South African countries.
What is the impact in India?
On Wednesday, 6 corona infections were found out of 3476 international travelers who came from abroad in India. After this, their sample has been sent to the lab for genomic sequencing. The special thing is that the travelers have come from “at-risk” countries. That is, from those countries which have been placed in the category of risk, and cases of new variant Omicron of Corona have come to the fore.
A total of 11 international flights landed from “at-risk” countries from midnight to 4 pm. There were 3476 passengers on board. When the RTPCR test of these passengers was done, 6 passengers were found positive. According to the list updated on November 30, the at-risk countries are European countries, the UK, South Africa, Brazil, Botswana, China, Mauritius, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Israel.
