Omicron found so far in few countries

Around the world, Nations are racing to discover how many cases of the Omicron COVID-19 variant they have, as fears over the new strain force governments to close borders and revisit restrictions. The new mutation is potentially more transmissible, first discovered in South Africa and has been detected in several countries.

Places where cases has been reported so far are- Australia(2 cases), Austria(1 case), Belgium(1 case), Botswana(19 cases), Canada(3 cases), Czech Republic(1 case), Denmark(2 cases), Germany(3 cases), Hong Kong(3 cases), Israel(1 case), Italy(1 case), Netherlands(13 cases), Portugal(13 cases), South Africa(77 cases), Spain(1 case) and U.K.(9 cases).

According to WHO(World Health Organization), Preliminary data suggests that there are increasing rates of hospitalization in South Africa, but this may be due to increasing overall numbers of people becoming infected, rather than a specific infection and understanding the level of severity of Omicron “will take days to several weeks”.

Tags: Covid-19, Omicron, South Africa, WHO