The world health organisation (WHO) has stated that Omicron is spreading faster than the other COVID-19 variants.ย
Speaking on the matter,ย Dr Poonamย Khetrapalย Singh, Regional Director of WHO for South-East Asia region said that one should not dismiss Omicron as โmildโ.ย
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โBased on the current limited evidence, Omicron appears to be spreading faster at a rate not seen with any other previous variant,โย Dr Singh said in an interview to news agencyย ANI.ย
She added:ย โThe overall threat posed by Omicron largely depends on three key questions: (1) how transmissible the variant is; (2) how well vaccines and prior SARS-CoV-2 infection protect against infection, transmission, clinical disease and death; and (3) how virulent the variant is as compared to other variants.โย
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The Omicron variant of coronavirus infects and multiplies 70 times faster than Delta and the original COVID-19 strain, but the severity of illness is likely to be much lower, according to a study.ย
Meanwhile, Indiaโs Omicron tally has risen to 87 on Thursday.ย
According to reports, a fully vaccinated woman with no travel history tested positive for Omicron in Gujaratโs Mehsana district.ย