Jagran Explainer WHO fears that Omicron is more contagious than the Delta variant the strain that caused the second wave of the pandemic in India and might decrease vaccine effectiveness
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing an important meeting, attended by top government officials, on the COVID-19 and vaccination situation in the country.
The new coronavirus variant found in S.Africa is said to be even more dangerous than the Delta variants. It is said that B.1.1.529 has more than 30 mutations the most ever recorded in a variant and twice as many as Delta.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has called for a meeting of medical and scientific experts Monday - to offer suggestions to deal with the "the threat from (the) new Covid variant - B.1.1.529 - from African countries".
A new coronavirus variant - B.1.1.529 - has been red-flagged by scientists over an alarmingly high number of spike mutations that might make the virus more resistant to vaccines, increase transmissibility and lead to more severe symptoms.