A ‘tsunami’ of omicron variant COVID-19 cases are coming, WHO warns
The World Health Organization warned Wednesday that the world will soon see a “tsunami of cases” of COVID-19 which will stretch throughout the winter.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s director-general, said the highly transmissible omicron variant and the fast-spreading delta variant will lead to the surge of cases, per The Financial Times.
Weekly Covid Cases Pass 10 Million, Doubling Previous Record
Almost twice as many people were diagnosed with Covid-19 in the past seven days as the pandemic’s previous weekly record thanks to a tsunami of omicron that has swamped every aspect of daily life in many parts of the globe.
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has urged its citizens to leave several European countries including Britain, France and Germany because of a surge in cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
In a series of statements overnight Sunday, the oil-rich Gulf state also warned Kuwaitis, often big spenders abroad, to avoid travelling to the countries.
The foreign ministry said they should "delay their trips" generally and, in particular, to France, Germany, the United Kingdom, Spain and Italy.
It said its citizens should leave those countries "considering the significant and unprecedented rise in the number of new cases" of Covid-19.
Europe has in the past few months again become the pandemic's epicentre and is battling an upsurge of cases spurred on by the highly transmissible Omicron strain.
The countries with the highest ratio of infections per 100,000 inhabitants in the world were all in Europe, according to an AFP tally on Saturday.
The count showed more than 4.9 million infections reported in Europe over the seven days to January 1.
France alone recorded more than one million new cases during that one-week period.
Kuwait's foreign ministry also said on Monday that the country's citizens should leave Morocco due to concerns over Covid-19.
The number of recorded cases in Kuwait remains relatively low.
But it jumped 20-fold in a month to reach around 600 cases on Sunday in the country of more than four million people.
Elsewhere in the Gulf, cases have also surged.
In the United Arab Emirates, infections have risen almost 40-fold since the beginning of December.
Saudi Arabia announced 1,746 new cases on Monday, the most in six months and a leap of more than 700 from just a day earlier.
The kingdom has reimposed social distancing measures at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.
Qatar's daily cases rose to 1,077, the highest since
Children are hospitalized with Covid at record numbers
Some younger patients are found to be Covid-positive through routine screening, but a worrisome number are experiencing severe complications of the coronavirus, doctors say.
The number of children hospitalized with Covid-19 is soaring nationwide, especially as the highly transmissible omicron variant of the coronavirus spreads across the country.
U.S. reports over 1 million new daily Covid cases as omicron surges
The U.S. reported a record number of new Covid cases on Monday, with over 1 million new infections.
A total of 1,082,549 new coronavirus cases were reported Monday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as the highly infectious omicron variant continues to spread throughout the country and beyond.
The U.S. also has the highest seven-day average of new cases in the world, according to Johns Hopkins rankings.
Covid Level in Singapore 'Unknown,' U.S. CDC Warns in Travel Notice
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday reclassified its Covid-19 travel advisory for Singapore, guiding Americans to avoid travel to the Southeast Asian nation because the level of the disease there is “unknown.”
“Because the current situation in Singapore is unknown, even fully vaccinated travelers may be at risk for getting and spreading COVID-19 variants,” the CDC said in its advisory.
Singapore’s COVID-19 weekly infection growth rate back above 1 for first time since Nov 12
SINGAPORE: The weekly growth rate of COVID-19 infections in Singapore went above 1 on Tuesday (Jan 4) for the first time since Nov 12, 2021, data from the Ministry of Health's (MOH) website showed.
The weekly infection growth rate refers to the ratio of community cases for the past week over the week before. Authorities have described the statistic as one of the key indicators that can be used to assess risk levels when calibrating COVID-19 measures.
After Omicron, new Covid-19 variant IHU raises fresh spectre of pandemic concerns
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 5): The emergence of IHU — a new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes the Covid-19 pandemic — appears to have raised fresh pandemic concerns after the variant emerged in France recently, news.com.au reported on Wednesday (Jan 5).
It was reported that IHU was first detected in France last month, but is now making international headlines after catching the attention of global experts.
What we know so far about IHU COVID-19 variant symptoms
Scientists and experts in France are keeping their eyes on the new IHU COVID-19 variant that has emerged in recent days.
The new variant — called the IHU variant because it was found by academics at the institute IHU Mediterranee Infection — has been linked to 12 cases near Marseilles, France, according to Business Insider.
The variant — with the scientific name B.1.640.2 — reportedly has 46 mutations in an “atypical combination,” according to researchers.
Omicron alert: Doctor says next two weeks crucial. Here's why
Omicron wave in South Africa, UK, Denmark has seen a sudden surge followed by a quick dip, based on which experts are estimating that India's peak will arrive in the next four weeks.
IHU: New Covid variant with 46 mutations worries experts in France
So far, 12 people have been infected with the new variant
While the world is grappling with the highly infectious Omicron, strain of Covid, scientists in France have identified a potentially worrying new variant, which has 46 mutations.
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Thailand raises Covid-19 alert level due to Omicron spread
BANGKOK: Thailand on Thursday raised its Covid-19 alert level following rising infections driven by the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, a senior health official said.
The change, from level three to four, sets a pretext for possible measures that could follow, such as closing high-risk areas and placing restrictions on domestic travel or public gatherings.
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Calling Omicron ‘mild’ a mistake, warns WHO The Omicron variant of Covid-19 is killing people across the globe and should not be dismissed as mild, the World Health Organization (WHO) insisted Thursday.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the record numbers of people catching the new variant – which is rapidly out-competing the previously-dominant Delta variant in many countries – meant hospitals were being overwhelmed.
“While Omicron does appear to be less severe compared to Delta, especially in those vaccinated, it does not mean it should be categorised as mild,” Tedros told a press conference.
“Just like previous variants, Omicron is hospitalising people and it is killing people,” he explained.
“In fact, the tsunami of cases is so huge and quick, that it is overwhelming health systems around the world.”
Just under 9.5 million new Covid-19 cases were reported to WHO last week – a record, up 71% on the week before.
But even this was an underestimate, Tedros said, as it did not reflect the backlog of testing around the Christmas-New Year holidays, positive self-tests not registered, and overburdened surveillance systems missing cases.
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China reports 161 new COVID-19 cases
BEIJING: China reported 161 confirmed coronavirus cases for Jan 2, down from 191 a day earlier, the country's health authority said on Monday (Jan 3).
Of the new infections, 101 were locally transmitted, according to a statement by the National Health Commission, down from 131 a day earlier.
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/china-new-covid-19-local-cases-xi-2411646