Omicron confirmed in 23 countries: WHO on recent COVID-19 variant

Amid rising fears of the recent COVID-19 variant Omicron, the World Health Organization (WHO) has acknowledged that it has been confirmed in 23 countries.At some stage in a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged that the different of such countries is anticipated to rise and the emergence of the Omicron variant has understandably captured global attention.”At least 23 countries from five of six WHO areas indulge in now reported conditions of Omicron and we demand of that number to develop. WHO takes this trend extremely significantly,” Tedros for the length of a press conference.”WHO takes this trend extremely significantly, and so must unruffled every nation. However it with out a doubt must unruffled no longer shock us. Right here’s what viruses to find. And it’s what this virus will continue to to find, as we lengthy as we allow it to continue spreading,” he added.Tedros acknowledged that WHO is studying extra the full time about Omicron, nevertheless there could be unruffled extra to learn its manufacture on transmission, the severity of illness, and the effectiveness of assessments, therapeutics and vaccines.”Several WHO advisory groups indulge in met over the final couple of days to mediate the emerging evidence, and prioritise the learn foremost to answer to those questions,” he added.Earlier, the head of the UN properly being agency has criticized “blunt” and “blanket” measures taken by countries in the previous few days to live the spread of the Omicron variant.In a press commence on Tuesday, the WHO Director-General acknowledged that it was “deeply pertaining to” that Botswana and South Africa, where the recent variant was first identified, were “being penalized by others for doing the correct thing”.Dozens of countries indulge in imposed commute bans on the southern African countries since the mutation was chanced on at the stop of ultimate week.(With ANI inputs)