No deaths have been reported from the Omicron mutation despite the fact that the strain has so far been identified in 38 countries, according to the World Health Organization.
WHO Director of Emergency Situations Michael Ryan stressed in any case that it is still too early to know how contagious the Omicron variant is, if it causes a serious illness and how effective the existing treatments and drugs are.
As he said, “next time we will have the answers we all need”, while he added that until yesterday
However, its speed of transmission has raised concerns and fears that it could cause more than half of the infections in Europe in the coming months.
Amid warnings of the dangers of the new global strain, the United States and Australia became the most recent countries to confirm locally transmitted cases of the variant, as Omicron’s infections South Africa to exceed 3 million.
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