{"id":147748,"date":"2021-12-18T13:08:40","date_gmt":"2021-12-18T13:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=147748"},"modified":"2021-12-18T13:08:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T13:08:40","slug":"omicron-cases-doubling-in-1-5-to-3-days-in-areas-with-local-spread-who-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/business\/omicron-cases-doubling-in-1-5-to-3-days-in-areas-with-local-spread-who-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Omicron cases doubling in 1.5 to 3 days in areas with local spread, WHO says"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The omicron coronavirus variant has been reported in 89 countries, the World Health Organization said on Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>The number of cases is doubling in 1.5 to 3 days in areas with community transmission,<\/li>\n<li>Omicron is spreading rapidly in countries with high levels of population immunity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The omicron coronavirus variant has been reported in 89 countries and the number of cases is doubling in 1.5 to 3 days in areas with community transmission, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Omicron is spreading rapidly in countries with high levels of population immunity, but it is unclear if this is due to the virus&#x27; ability to evade immunity, its inherent increased transmissibility or a combination of both, the WHO said in an update.<\/p>\n<p>The agency designated omicron a variant of concern on Nov. 26, soon after it was first detected, and much is still not known about it, including the severity of the illness it causes.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;There are still limited data on the clinical severity of Omicron,&quot; the WHO said. &quot;More data are needed to understand the severity profile and how severity is impacted by vaccination and pre-existing immunity.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>It added, &quot;there are still limited available data, and no peer-reviewed evidence, on vaccine efficacy or effectiveness to date for Omicron&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The WHO warned that with cases rising so rapidly, hospitals could be overwhelmed in some places.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Hospitalizations in the U.K. and South Africa continue to rise, and given rapidly increasing case counts, it is possible that many healthcare systems may become quickly overwhelmed.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/18\/omicron-cases-doubling-in-1point5-to-3-days-in-areas-with-local-spreadwho.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The omicron coronavirus variant has been reported<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":147747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23051],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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