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The omicron variant first discovered in South Africa last week is likely to quickly spread around the globe and could result in "severe consequences," the World Health Organization warned Monday. "There could be future surges of COVID-19, which could have severe consequences depending on a number of factors including where surges may take place," the WHO said in a technical brief. "The overall global risk related to the (omicron variant) is assessed as very high." The WHO said there is currently no information to suggest symptoms connected with omicron differ from those associated with other variants. No deaths linked to the omicron variant have been reported, the WHO added. However, it said preliminary evidence raises the possibility the variant has mutations that could help it both evade an immune-system response and make it more transmissible. President Joe Biden  addressed the latest threat Monday,  once again urging Americans to get vaccinated, obtain

  Taiwan tightens border controls on six African countries due to new Omicron variant  Taiwan has announced tighter border controls due to the new Covid-19 variant Omicron, the island’s Central Epidemic Command Centre (CECC) announced Friday. South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe have been added to its list of "high-risk countries" beginning Monday, November 29, the government said. Passengers who have traveled to or transited through these six countries in the past 14 days will have to undergo 14 days quarantine at a government quarantine facility and Covid-19 testing. Flight crew members of Taiwanese airlines returning from or who have transited through high-risk countries will also be required to undergo quarantine in a designated hotel or a company dormitory for 14 days.  Taiwan's CECC classifies the new variant as "highly transmissible” and states the new measures aim to “reduce the risk of the variant entering the community." Hon

It’s not yet clear what’s causing the trend: Are drug users knowingly using fentanyl and other drugs, or does fentanyl enter the larger drug supply via dealers and distributors? The spike of drug overdose deaths this year and last year has many drug abuse and addiction researchers, doctors, and health officials worried about a growing trend among overdose victims that appears to indicate a new and different wave of the opioid epidemic.  While the loneliness and the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic appear to have driven drug use, many experts say the latest overdose wave is driven in part by the use of fentanyl with other drugs.  Overdose deaths hit new heights in the U.S. — over 100,000 dead this year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — but experts say it’s part of a fourth wave of the overdose epidemic, in which a growing number of drug users die with multiple substances in their systems.  Behind that 100,000 figure, they said, is an ongoing surg

Soumya Swaminathan, the chief scientist at the World Health Organization ( WHO ), said India also needed to be wary of a new type of coronavirus, Omicron. He fears the new strain could be much more contagious than the delta identified in India. The scientist advised maintaining the hygiene rules including wearing masks and vaccination to deal with the new type. Swaminathan said this in an interview given to NDTV. A new type of corona was identified in South Africa last Tuesday. In addition to South Africa, new such findings have been made in Botswana, Israel, Hong Kong, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. The WHO has given a new name to the corona, 'Omicron'. The company described the type as "worrying". The idea is that it is far more contagious than all previous types of the corona. However, experts have not yet confirmed whether the Omicron is more or less deadly than other types of the corona. Asked about comparing Omicron with other

The Corona Epidemic Is Rapidly Declining In Seven Countries: Coronavirus has already killed about two and a half million people worldwide. However, in countries where the epidemic has been rampant for so long, the situation seems to be slowly coming under control. But infections and deaths are rising rapidly in a few other countries. Some of these countries are again quite populous. Brazil is now at the top of the seven countries where deaths and infections are rising rapidly. The situation is similar in Mexico, Ecuador, and Peru. In addition, the situation is rapidly deteriorating in Canada, Russia, and India. WorldMeters.info is publishing all-time information about the coronavirus epidemic . According to this website, the number of corona infected patients around the world was around 35 lakh 40 thousand till 12 midnight Bangladesh time on Sunday. Death touches two and a half lakhs. About 11 lakh have recovered. After China, the epidemics became more severe

This type of virus can affect both animals and humans and causes diseases in the respiratory system Coronavirus in Spain: Last-minute, life Coronaviruses   are a type of virus. They are so named because their surface is covered by a series of proteins that, seen under a microscope, seem to create a crown around them. This family of viruses was discovered during the 1960s. Most affect only animals, although some coronaviruses can be passed from animals to people through a process known as zoonotic transmission. Coronaviruses  affect the respiratory system, causing lung problems and difficulty breathing. Some only cause a cold with mild symptoms, while others can cause pneumonia and more serious infections, and even death. There are many kinds of coronaviruses. Scientists have detected up to seven types of coronaviruses that can infect humans. MERS and SARS In addition to SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease, the World Health Or

Many athletes try to make everyone aware during this quarantine that staying at home is the best way to deal with the coronavirus and one of those who transmitted this request were Lionel Messi . This time he did it with a tender photo in which he shows his three children, Thiago, Mateo, and Ciro in bed, in bed, recently bathed, in pajamas and with a book each in hand and accompanied by the slogan, #Stay_at_home. Lionel Messi For Father's Day in Spain on March 14, the Barcelona player also made a publication in which he conveys the importance of serving quarantine at home. His wife, Antonela Rocuzzo, had also demonstrated on her Instagram account days ago, but through a story with several images about her days of mandatory isolation. Both to remember the health recommendations and to reflect the stress and difficulties of everyday life. On the other hand, Barcelona, the club where Messi plays, confirmed today his first two cases of coronavirus: the head of