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‘Omicron’ less severe than Delta, existing COVID vaccines can fight it: WHO

December 8, 2021, 11:49 AM

Karan Pareek | New Delhi

Amid rising global tension over the newly emerged variant of COVID-19, Omicron, the World Health Organisation declared that Omicron is not severe than Delta and the existing vaccines could fight it.
Along with WHO, Dr Anthony Fauci, who is a top scientist attached to the Federal government of the United States, vouched for this particular study and said that the existing vaccines have the power to fight Omicron.
As per the data given by the Central government, 23 Omicron cases were reported in India. Among those reported cases, Maharashtra had the highest number.
There is no reason to assume that Omicron is more severe than the variants which came before, or that existing vaccines will fail against it, said a top WHO official.
Michael Ryan, the World Health Organisation’s Emergencies Director, in an interview, said, Currently there is no indication to suggest that Omicron, although highly infectious, causes a more severe disease than previous COVID-19 variants such as Delta.
The existing vaccines should protect people who contract Omicron against the worst outcomes of the disease, he added.

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Active COVID cases near 30,000 mark in Nagpur

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4 years ago

January 25, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally, on Tuesday, January 25, reached 5,43,064 (till 5 pm) as 4028 (972 from rural and 2956 from city) new cases were recorded in a single day.

Also, active COVID cases, as on Tuesday, could be seen inching closer to 30,000 mark in the district.

Six people lost their lives (one from rural and five from city) on Tuesday. Till now, 10,183 people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 in the district. Total tests taken were 11,377.

While patients who recovered on Tuesday were 2519, the total number of recovered patients stood at 503729.

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Nagpur reports 90 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

January 2, 2022

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur’s COVID-19 tally on Sunday, January 2 reached 4,94,193 (till 5 pm) as 90 (73 city, nine rural) more people tested positive for the virus.

Also, five patients recovered on Sunday taking the number of recoveries to 4,83,664.

Till now, 10123 people have lost their lives due to COVID in the district. As of now, there are 406 active COVID patients in the district.

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ALARMING! Nagpur reports 88 COVID cases in past 24 hours

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4 years ago

December 31, 2021

Radhika Dhawad | Nagpur

Nagpur registered 88 (81 from city) new COVID-19 positive cases on Friday, December 31. Nagpur previously had recorded as minimum as six cases on December 24.