The corona virus omicron variant is the fastest spreading virus in the history of the human race, according to a series of experts for the Spanish newspaper Al-Pais, in an article dedicated to the new strain that has broken the infection records since the outbreak in late 2019.
Professor Rob Bacharia, a specialist in infectious diseases from the general network of Massachusetts hospitals, told the Spanish newspaper: "Less than a month after being discovered in South Africa he was already all over the world. The speed of spread of this strain of the virus is no less astonishing." .
Anton Arkurka, the doctor's historian, said he was amazed at the agility with which the omicron virus could be passed from person to person.
"It is the most explosive virus in the history of our species. It took years for cholera to spread around the world in the 19th century. "The original corona virus that was discovered in Wuhan and of all the species that were discovered after it."
Epidemiologist William Hanaj, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases at Harvard University in the United States, told Al-Pais: In contact with an original carrier, they contracted the virus. "
The Omicron variant was first discovered in South Africa in October after apparently first erupting openly in neighboring Botswana.
Since then it has been common to all parts of the world and has caused a huge jump in infection in the United States, Britain, China, Denmark, Norway and Israel.
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