Overall risk related to Omicron 'remains very high', warns WHO as world fights new COVID-19 variant
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The global health body stated that consistent evidence shows that Omicron has a 'growth advantage over the Delta variant' with a doubling time of 2-3 days.
New Delhi: As the world fights the new COVID-19 variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the overall risk related to Omicron 'remains very high'.
In a weekly epidemiological update on COVID-19 on Tuesday (December 28, 2021), the global health body stated that consistent evidence shows that the Omicron variant has a 'growth advantage over the Delta variant' with a doubling time of 2-3 days.
"Rapid increases in the incidence of cases is seen in a number of countries, including those where the variant has become the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant, such as the United Kingdom and the United States of America," the WHO said.
