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Omicron variant of Covid-19 still at intense level across the globe

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The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is still spreading at a very intense level across the globe, said epidemiologist Maria Van Kherkhove via a Twitter thread on Wednesday. This comes as China is battling its worst Covid-19 outbreak in two years.

Children in Beijing. China is witnessing a major Covid-19 outbreak at present. (Photo: AP)

Maria Van Kherkhove is the Covid-19 technical lead at the World Health Organisation. In her thread, she added that the world was registering a rise in cases after a few weeks of decline, even though testing had drastically reduced.

The expert warned that cases will continue to rise in places where restrictive measures are lifted, even if the population has high vaccination coverage. “This shouldn’t be a surprise as vaccines are incredibly effective at reducing severe disease and death, but not infections,” Maria Van Kherkhove wrote.

OMICRON DOMINANT

According to Maria Van Kherkhove, Omicron (both BA.1 and BA.2 sub-variants) is the dominant strain of the coronavirus globally, largely due to its highly transmissible nature.

“Among the 430,487 sequences uploaded to GISAID with specimens collected in the last 30 days, 99.9% were Omicron,” she wrote.

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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