presented in atechnical briefingreleased on December 10, is based in part on data showing that Omicron infections in the U.K. are doubling every three days. At that pace, Omicron presents a much larger threat in terms of case counts
Specific mutations hide the COVID-causing variant from the immune system and give it a new route into more cells
"As it becomes more contagious, the Omicron variant is less lethal," said Zhang. But this does not mean Omicron is a virus people can take lightly, Zhang added, noting that it is still dangerous to the elderly and people living with underlying health problems among other vulnerable groups. ...
BEIJING, April 10 (Xinhua) -- As China is battling a COVID-19 resurgence attributable to the Omicron variant with tens of thousands of new infections reported a day, a dynamic zero-COVID approach remains crucial and necessary for the country to rein in the highly contagious and elusive virus...
The extremely contagious Omicron variant was first discovered within Hong Kong's local community in late December – far later than much of the rest of the world. Authorities reacted quickly – banning flights, forbidding gatherings of more than two, and launching a mass hamster cull after corona...
“In addition, Omicron is 10 times more contagious than Delta,” he added. “In other words, if someone is exposed to it, they have 10 times more chance of getting infected, as we can see what is happening in other countries where the progression of cases is very fast. In Israel, we...
Why are so many vaccinated people getting COVID-19 lately? A couple of factors are at play, starting with the emergence of the highly contagious omicron variant. Omicron is more likely to infect people, even if it doesn't make them very sick, and its surge coincided with the holiday trave...
As China is battling a COVID-19 resurgence attributable to the Omicron variant with tens of thousands of new infections reported a day, a dynamic zero-COVID approach remains crucial and necessary for the country to rein in the highly contagious and elusive virus. ...
But now that the vast majority of people in the US have some immunity to COVID-19 through vaccination, infection or both, those same viral concentrations could translate to a larger number of infected individuals with milder -- but still contagious -- infections. The upward trend is clear Eve...
My home state of Nevada is starting to surge again as well. California Here’s neighboring California, which has a similar pattern to Nevada, except they have almost 40M people while Nevada has about 3M. So in many places, there’s more contagious COVID out there right now than ever, an...