{"id":21070,"date":"2021-12-03T20:44:54","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/?p=21070"},"modified":"2021-12-03T20:44:54","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T19:44:54","slug":"who-tells-public-not-to-panic-about-omicron-variant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/who-tells-public-not-to-panic-about-omicron-variant\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO tells public not to panic about Omicron variant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\"><b class=\"ssrcss-hmf8ql-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that the world should not panic about the new Omicron variant of Covid-19 but it should prepare,\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Speaking at a conference on Friday, top WHO scientist Soumya Swaminathan said the situation now was very different to a year ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">It is still unclear if the highly mutated variant is more transmissible or better able to evade vaccines.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/declaration-of-bandits-as-terrorists-group-commends-buhari\/\">Declaration of bandits as terrorists: Group commends Buhari<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/nigerian-artists-who-sang-about-endsars-and-lekki-tollgate-massacre\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Nigerian artists who sang about #EndSars and Lekki Tollgate massacre<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Early data reported by scientists in South Africa &#8211; where the variant was first detected &#8211; suggests\u00a0Omicron may evade some immunity to Covid-19, although experts caution the analysis is not definitive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Dr Swaminathan told the Reuters NEXT conference\u00a0that the variant was &#8220;highly transmissible&#8221;, citing data from South Africa, and said it could possibly become the dominant strain worldwide &#8211; although this is hard to predict. Delta currently accounts for 99% of cases globally, she added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"piano-inline1\">\n<div class=\"tp-container-inner\">&#8220;How worried should we be? We need to be prepared and cautious, not panic, because we&#8217;re in a different situation to a year ago,&#8221; she said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">WHO emergencies director Mike Ryan meanwhile said the world currently had &#8220;highly effective vaccines&#8221; against Covid-19, and the focus should be on distributing them more widely. He said there was no evidence to back changing these jabs to tailor them to the new Omicron variant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-18mjolk-ComponentWrapper e1xue1i89\" data-component=\"image-block\">\n<figure class=\"ssrcss-wpgbih-StyledFigure e34k3c23\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-ab5fd8-StyledFigureContainer e34k3c21\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Countries around the world have announced travel bans against southern African countries in the wake of Omicron&#8217;s first detection.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">US officials have made it compulsory for all international travellers to the US\u00a0to take a Covid test no more than one day before travel. It comes after\u00a0authorities tightened US travel rules\u00a0in light of the variant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Omicron has now been detected in at least six US states including Hawaii, where officials said the case had no recent travel history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">India has also reported\u00a0its first two cases of the Omicron variant. Officials said one of them &#8211; a 66-year-old South African national &#8211; had travelled from the country and had already left India, while the second &#8211; a 46-year-old doctor in the southern Indian city of Bengaluru &#8211; had no travel history<a href=\"http:\/\/google.com\">.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">A second wave of Covid infections brought the country&#8217;s healthcare system to its knees in April and May this year, with hospitals running out of beds, oxygen and medicines.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">The emergence of the new variant comes as European countries are already grappling with a surge in infections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">On Thursday\u00a0Germany announced major restrictions on the unvaccinated, declaring that only those inoculated or who had recently recovered from the virus will be allowed in restaurants, cinemas and many shops.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i85\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-17j9f6r-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00\">Chancellor Angela Merkel also said vaccinations could be mandatory by February. 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