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Omicron Virus

The variant known as Omicron has raised concern for health experts. The measures to curtail covid-19 met with other challenges in form of the new variant. The rapid spread of Omicron is a result of new mutations in the virus. 



The question is how new variants will impact the existing efforts to prevent the spread of Covid-19 further? As per World Health Organization (WHO), The Omicron sequencing data suggested there are over 30 mutations in the recent virus. As a result, the spread of new variants has increased the risk of the transmissibility of omicron. At present, the booster vaccine is used for preventing Omicron in addition to the Covid-19 vaccine.

 


World Health Organization statistics suggest Omicron has spread in 77 countries. It is not taken mild threat rather major emerging threat to contain the spread of corona which is the biggest source of concern for Health Experts around the globe. The case of people infected by Omicron has started to emerge in South Africa. In most cases, children are tested positive with Omicron as per recent statistical data. The common symptoms of Omicron are nasal congestion, headache, sore throat, and fever. Omicron has become a dominant variant in South Africa. It is declared a major threat for people.

The blood samples of people are taken by researchers who have been contacted by recent Omicron variant to suggest potential vaccine for these patients. The virologists and epidemiology expressed their apprehensions over neutralizations of Omicron and hybrid immunity of those who are vaccinated or carry infections from previous variants of coronavirus. According to the chief scientist of WHO most of the countries don’t have adequate vaccine supplies to cater to their population and booster doses of vaccine are not the only solution.  A large number of people still haven’t received the primary dose of the Corona vaccine.

In a WHO briefing, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ph.D. said Omicron has been reported in 57 countries. The number is still kept on increasing every day. The scientists need time to test and validate the existing data on Omicron to come up with solutions in form of vaccines and causes of new variants mutations in Coronavirus. The experts have warned the people if proper steps are not taken to abide by the guidelines of the World Health Organization against Omicron it could become worse. While giving a regular briefing on the Covid-19 spread and its impact on the world still living under the threat of catching Omicron. 



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