The fear of corona is spreading once again all over the world. This time this new strain has surfaced in the form of a new variant Omicron. Describing the current situation of Omicron, the Ministry of Health put many arguments in a press conference on Friday. Many facts were revealed by the Ministry of Health in this press conference, not only this, in the middle of the organization of this press conference, a case related to this variant has also come to the fore in Dharavi, which is called Asia’s largest slum. This person had returned to India from Tanzania. Now 26 cases linked to Omicron are active in India.
In India, symptoms of this variant were first seen in 2 patients in Karnataka, but now the number of infected patients has increased to 26. This was also highlighted in this press conference. In the press conference conducted by the Ministry of Health, it was further told that “So far this variant has spread in total in 59 countries. Altogether 2936 cases have been reported. On November 24, the first case of this variant was reported in Goteng province of South Africa. It was declared as Variant of Concern by WHO on 26 November.
Omicron’s havoc is increasing in the UK
Recently, there are 59 such countries in the world where Omicron is spreading rapidly, but its biggest impact is being seen in the UK. There are currently 817 active cases affected by this variant in the UK. Denmark’s name comes in second place, with a total of 796 Omicron patients. The place from where this virus originated, ie 431 patients are active in South Africa. If we talk about different countries, there have been more than 78 cases in Canada, 71 in America, 65 in Germany, and more than 60 cases in South Korea. On the other hand, 52 cases are also active in Australia, 50 in Zimbabwe, 37 in Portugal, 36 in Netherlands, 33 in Norway, 33 in Ghana and 30 in Belgium.
strict laws in india
Keeping in view the circumstances, many rules have been changed in India too. The Ministry of Health has said that since then cases of this variant have been reported in India. After this the travel advisory has been changed in India. PM Modi has not given proper guidelines regarding this variant and has implemented International Travel Advisory.
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