Omicron spreads faster, infects vaccinated, recovered people: WHO
World Health Organisation chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Monday said that evidence has shown Omicron spreads faster than other coronavirus variants.
"There is consistent evidence that Omicron spreads faster than other coronavirus variants and infects vaccinated and recovered people," Sputnik quoted Tedros as saying on Monday.
Also Read | Punjab Govt forms SIT to probe Golden Temple sacrilege incident
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/cmg/QNUTRHSYWNAH3JW3XPB4RHNCNY.jpg)
The chief of the UN health body's comments came amid reports that infection numbers of the new variant are doubling at least every 3 days.
Also Read | Kapurthala sacrilege: Accused youth beaten to death by mob
The new variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta strain in countries with documented community transmission, with the number of cases doubling in 1.5 to 3 days, WHO said earlier on Saturday.
The UN agency had added that there are still limited data on the clinical severity of Omicron. More data are needed to understand the severity profile and how severity is impacted by vaccination and pre-existing immunity, it added.
Amid rising cases of Omicron variant of Covid-19, an expert has cautioned that though the new strain does not manifest severe symptoms in vaccinated people, it might cause serious infection in unvaccinated people.
-PTC News
