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WHO alarm, Omicron variant represents 89.1% of world cases

2022-01-26T12:46:39.242Z


The risk 'remains very high' Even if the growth of new infections in the world slows down. Delta 10.7% (ANSA)


The Omicron variant of the coronavirus now represents 89.1% of the new global cases of Covid, while the Delta - which was previously dominant in the world - 10.7%: this is what emerges from the weekly epidemiological update of the World Organization of health care (WHO) on the virus.

The levels, explains WHO, are derived from samples collected in the last 30 days, which were sequenced and uploaded to the Gisaid global scientific database. 

The level of risk linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus "remains very high", even if the growth of new infections from Covid slows down in the world: the World Health Organization (WHO) announced this late yesterday in its update weekly epidemiological report on the virus. However, the report points out that new infections surpassed 21 million last week, the highest weekly level since the pandemic began. 

In the week to January 23, "over 21 million new cases were reported

, which represent the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic ", reads the WHO report. This is a 5% increase compared to a 20% increase recorded the previous week, the Organization continues. noting that "a slower increase in the incidence of cases has been observed globally." At the same time, nearly 50,000 new deaths from the disease have been reported, a similar level to the previous week

. WHO continues to increase its dominance globally compared to other variants of the coronavirus.

"The current global epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 is characterized by the dominance of the Omicron variant on a global scale, the continuing decline in the prevalence of the Delta variant and the very low circulation of the Alpha, Beta and Gamma variants," explains the report. . "Countries that experienced a rapid increase in Omicron cases in November and December 2021 are starting to see a decline in cases," notes WHO. However, "based on currently available data, the overall risk related to the Omicron variant remains very high".

Austria revokes the lockdown

for non-vaccinated people in force for a few weeks.

Chancellor Karl Nehammer announced this in a short note.

"The top priority is to limit the restrictions as much as possible. The lockdown for the unvaccinated is one of the most restrictive measures. The situation in the hospitals allows us to end it," writes Nehammer. 

The Danish government has proposed to end all remaining restrictive anti-Covid measures in the country next week

: the Guardian reports.

In a letter sent to Parliament, Health Minister Magnus Heunicke announced that the executive intends to follow the recommendations published yesterday by a group of experts.

However, the proposal is subject to the approval of the Parliament.

Brazil

, where the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading strongly,

has recorded 199,126 new infections in the last 24 hours, the third highest figure since the start of the pandemic

.

The number of cases thus rose to 24,334,072 yesterday, when the average was 159,789 cases per day in the past week, the highest so far.

The number of deaths is also growing: 489 yesterday, raising the total to 623,901, with an average of 332 cases per day in the last week, an increase of 170% compared to the previous one.

Meanwhile, 148.5 million Brazilians have received the two doses of the vaccines, representing 69.1% of the population, and 163.3 million at least one dose, which equates to 76% of the population of approximately 215 million. 

In eight of the 27 Brazilian states

, hospitals have more than 80 percent of their ICU rooms occupied by coronavirus patients, and the trend is a worsening in February, according to the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass).

The states with high hospital occupancy are Federal District, Goias, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Piauì, Maranhao, Espirito Santo and Pernambuco.

In the capital, Brasilia, 100% of the intensive care rooms against Covid-19 are occupied, with eight seriously ill patients waiting for a place to be vacated.

"It is a worrying time, hospitalizations are increasing every day, today we have eight states with over 80% employment in intensive care units, but there are already 18 states that are following the same path," said the president of Conass. , Carlos Lula.

"

The misconception that the Omicron variant was harmless has spread.

Omicron is very contagious and can kill, ”Lula pointed out. Imperial College London reported that the transmission rate reached 1.78 in Brazil, the highest since July 2020. 

Study Gb, 65% of people with Omicron have become reinfected.

 Two-thirds (65%) of people recently infected with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in England say they have had Covid before.

This is what emerges from the large study of Imperial College London called React.

The results of the research concern about 100,000 tampons performed in the first two weeks of the year.

However, more work is needed, as scientists at the University of London have explained, to determine how many people have really become reinfected.

But the categories most at risk have already emerged: they are health workers and large families with children.

It is still unclear how many of the volunteers who tested positive were fully vaccinated.

Other estimates, such as those contained in a report by the British Health Security Agency (Ukhsa), 

In Slovenia the growth of infections does not stop

, which in the last 24 hours have marked a new peak with just under 14 thousand cases out of 22,924 tests carried out, equal to a positive rate of 76.3%.

There have been 14 deaths since yesterday. There are 136,355 active infections in the country, over 10 thousand more than the previous day.

The new ministerial directives, which came into force at the beginning of the week, are creating some difficulties in the management of patients.

According to the new protocol of the Ministry of Health, hospital departments dedicated to the coronavirus also treat patients with infection who need hospital treatment for other diseases.

According to reports from the Slovenian Press Agency (Sta), this situation also blocks ordinary care and weighs down the load in the facilities dedicated to the treatment of Covid-19.

Source: ansa

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