COVID's new mutant spell 'Omicron' knocks the world with a silent hit

Having first reported to the World Health Organisation from South Africa on 24th of November 2021, the newly circulating mutant ‘Omicron’ or ‘B.1.1.529’ is becoming a cause of public health concern to the entire world. The first case of infection was confirmed from a specimen collected in the second week of November.

The WHO’s independent group of experts (the Technical Advisory Group on SARS-CoV-2 virus Evolution/TAG-VE) assessed the potential impact of SARS-CoV-2 variant ‘B.1.1.529’ during a convention organised on 26th of November. According to TAG-VE, the variant has a large number of mutations, some of which are becoming the reason of concern. The number of cases are apparently increasing day-by-day in almost all province regions of South Africa. Just on Sunday, the number of cases reported were 2800, much higher than the cases reported on a daily basis.

Researchers all across the world including South Africa are conducting studies on this variant to have a better understanding about its profile and degree of its severity over its rate of transmission in all age groups. At present, its not yet clear whether ‘Omicron’ is more transmissible compared to other variants like Delta, Alpha, Beta, Gamma or Mu.

The global health agency is working with its technical partners to dig out the severity and the potential impact of this mutant on the current counter measures and vaccines. It has suggested and encouraged countries to undertake all the quintessential public health measures to reduce the risk of the circulation of COVID-19's mutant based-on evidence informed, risk analysis and scientific approach.


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