The researchers found that loss of smell was less common in participants infected during Omicron prevalence than during Delta wave. Sore throat was more common during Omicron prevalence than during Delta prevalence, they said.
About 1.8 per cent of children infected with Omicron were hospitalised, compared to 3.3 per cent with Delta. The severe clinical outcomes ranged from a 16 per cent lower risk for emergency room visits to 85 per cent less risk for mechanical ventilation.
Unfortunately, immunity wanes over time – people lose half their immunity every 3 months. Further, new variants continue to emerge that are partially resistant to key immune responses – antibodies that neutralise earlier strains – this is especially true of Omicron.
A new study has shown that Omicron variant viruses are particularly sensitive to inhibition by the so-called interferon response, an unspecific immune response that is present in all body cells.
A total of 4,90,462 deaths have been reported so far in the country including 1,42,151 from Maharashtra, 51,987 from Kerala,38,614 from Karnataka, 37,264 from Tamil Nadu, 25,650 from Delhi, 23,073 from Uttar Pradesh and 20,375 from West Bengal.
The AIIMS senior epidemiologist also remarked that those who recovered from the COVID are the best-protected people as of now based on the scientific evidence followed by vaccinated persons.
“We have a chance to end the public health emergency this year if we do the things that we've been talking about," a WHO official has said.
Speaking on how the pandemic can now be expected to progress, the virologist pointed out that Omicron is not "fathered, or mothered, by Wuhan-D614G, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Kappa or Mu and That much is for sure".
Dr Pradeep Vyas, additional chief secretary of the health department, in a letter written to his colleagues on Wednesday said that the Delta variant was found in 68 per cent samples, out of the over 4,200 analysed, while the remaining 32 per cent patients were found infected with the Omicron strain.
As per the recent report by news agency Reuters, the organiser of CES 2022 were unable to confirm the number of Covid-19 cases which grew exponentially post their event. It was further stated by South Korean authorities that around 70 attendees from the country were tested positive.
Spotify, a Swedish music streaming giant has reportedly shut down its podcast studio and laid off some members of the team. Spotify declines to comment on the report.
The WHO Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Composition (TAG-CO-VAC) said that as coronavirus evolves, the composition of current COVID-19 vaccines may need to be updated.
The cases of Omicron variant in our country are increasing at a rapid rate. AIIMS doctor Anjan Trikha said that currently, Omicron is not affecting the lungs in the way the Delta variant was damaging it so far. However, it is showing its effect by staying in the upper part of the organ due to which patients are suffering from-- sore throat, cough and fever.
The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), the organisers of CES has recently declared that the trade fair will close its display on January 7 instead of January 8, 2022. The steps have been taken by CTA post witnessing the rising cases of Covid-19 in the USA.
We entered 2022 with a hope for a lot of things to change, but the biggest hope which we have is for the up-gradation of technology and smart living with the best consumer goods along with an upgraded health segment. We spoke to a number of players in the technology segment and got to know what they are expecting from the coming year.
So far infection from Omicron has been reported to be mild among vaccinated patients.
While it is claimed that the spread of the Omicron variant is much more than the Delta variant of covid, another variant has come to the fore- Delmicron.
Earlier today, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released a list of Omicron cases across the country along with the respective states.
The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the mainland had reached 99,780 in China since the virus broke out in the central city of Wuhan in 2019 till Sunday.
Several countries including India have reported cases with the Omicron variant. European nations have reported the majority of cases with the new variant.
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