The latest variant Omicron that has originated in Botswana and was first detected in South Africa has in a space of two days spread from 14 countries to 24 countries at the fast rate of 70% in two days. The number of cases reported so far are not very high as of now, but is estimated to triple in South Africa by the end of this week and has infected toddlers to the extent of 10% in the same country. The infections so far has been by and large mild and not very alarming. Being still early days, the fatalities have not yet been reported.
Since in many countries in Europe, now it is winter time the likelihood of higher degree of spreading is expected. However, the most significant fact is that the spread of Omicron variant is dependent on the measures taken to curb its spread like restrictions of travel, contact tracing, social distancing, wearing of masks as well as people being discreet about their movements and taking adequate precautions by maintaining a high degree of immunity, by vaccination, immunity boosters as well as robust natural immunity measures.
