: Omicron: Risk of reinfection might be more, but severity of cases lesser than Delta, says WHO chief #IndiaNEWS Emerging data suggests that the Omicron variant of coronavirus might re-infect people

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Omicron: Risk of reinfection might be more, but severity of cases lesser than Delta, says WHO chief #IndiaNEWS
Emerging data suggests that the Omicron variant of coronavirus might re-infect people more easily, but the severity of the disease could be milder than in cases of the Delta strain, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday. At a media briefing of the global health body, Ghebreyesus emphasised on the need for further data on the new variant to draw more accurate conclusions. He also advised people not be complacent about the disease.“Many of those who don’t die could be left battling long Covid, or post-Covid condition, a disease with debilitating, lingering symptoms that we are only beginning to understand,� he said.Post-coronavirus health problems that continue for four or more weeks after infection are termed as long Covid, according to the United States’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The WHO chief urged countries to accelerate vaccine coverage, prioritise inoculation of citizens who are at greater risk of contracting the virus and scale up surveillance. He also exhorted them to increase efforts to conduct genome sequencing, and to “share samples with the global community�.Ghebreyesus urged countries to avoid “ineffective and discriminatory� travel bans that have been imposed by several national governments on multiple African countries since the discovery of the Omicron variant last...Read more

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