Corona LIVE in the world: Omicron's knock in Brazil too, 2 people returned from South Africa found infected
The Omicron variant of the corona virus has also reached Brazil. Two Omicron infected have been identified in Brazil. Both of them had returned after traveling from South Africa.
The Omicron variant of the corona virus has also reached Brazil. Two Omicron infected have been identified in Brazil. Both of them had returned after traveling from South Africa. The Health Secretariat of So Paulo State said that a 41-year-old male and 37-year-old female infected with Omicron have been quarantined. Both of them had returned from South Africa on 23 November. His corona test was done on 25 November, at that time mild symptoms of infection were found in him.
Health officials of the Netherlands gave a shocking information on Tuesday. He said- About 9 days ago in the Netherlands, two people were found to be Corona positive. Later, when they were further investigated, an Omicron variant was found in them. This means that this variant had arrived in Europe only a week ago. Both had come to the Netherlands from infected South Africa.
According to the New York Times, China is considering donating one billion vaccines to African countries. This news is important because the new Omicron variant of Corona is being found the most in African countries and the rate of vaccination is the lowest in this continent. China has been accused of hiding facts in the case of Corona virus. It is believed that China is taking this step for this reason. However, so far the Chinese government has not officially given any information about this.
A big meeting of health officers was held in America on Tuesday. It is believed that in this meeting, there was an idea to approve the anti-viral tablet of German company Merck, which is being seen as an important success and option in the treatment of corona. So far this drug has been found effective against delta, mu and gamma variants. It is possible that the US may also consider approving Pfizer's tablet, which is believed to be as effective as Merck's tablet. However, no information has been given officially.
Stefan Bansel, CEO of drug maker Moderna, said on Tuesday that the current Kovid vaccine is not as effective against Omicron as it was against the delta variant. Bansal said- We should not take any decision in haste. We need to wait for more data. All the scientists I have spoken to have said that this is not a good sign in terms of epidemics.
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