OMICRON VARIANT IN 2022
A new variant has emerged,the variant know as OMICRON variant has already started infecting people BioNTech leader says 3 shot of COVID-19 vaccine won't stop omicron. omicron variant was first reported to the world health organization from South Africa on 24 November 2021 on the 26 the world health organization stated it as a variant of utmost concern,the world health organization gave it name omicron variant it name.The Omicron variant is a variant of SARS-CoV-2. Most people are not aware of this new variant or how it affects the human system,most people think it's the same as coronavirus but every time a disease, virus or variant emergers a closer look is warranted,the omicron variant is the latest in town and this needs to be studied carefully. Scientist have shown that the omicron variant evolve (from most recent )Delta, Gamma, Beta, and Alpha.
Report have shown that people infected with omicron have symptoms that are similar to flu- headache , bodyache When infected with the new mutant variant, the individual experiences more or less the same symptoms as witnessed when infected with the original strain or the previously mutated virus. The first few symptoms of Omicron are mild fever, fatigue, scratchy throat and body pain. Loss of smell and taste, which was a common ailment during the infection with Delta variant is not associated with omicron. As far as, post-infection complication of the new variant of concern goes, no information on this matter is available till now. Researchers are still trying to gather more data on this new strain that originated in South Africa just over a month ago.
In Hong Kong a team of researchers found out that he omicron variant spread 70 times in human,this means that the OMICRON variant spread faster than the coronavirus the omicron variant is not quick in infecting the lungs however it is possible that it may be more transmissible and less susceptible to vaccines micron variant has now been found in 45 or more countries,the WHO warns that the virus would Soon be present in every country in the world continuing to extend the pandemic and exacerbating inequalities.
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