Omicron wage generates large scale immunity

https://www.who.int/publicatio....ns/m/item/weekly-epi

Omicron

379, 278 sequences,

99.2% were Omicron

less than 0.1% were Delta

Omicron VOC

Several descendent lineages under the Omicron VOC

BA.1, BA.2, BA.3,

BA.4, BA.5 (Botswana and South Africa)

Belgium, Denmark, Germany, United Kingdom

BA.1/BA.2 recombinant forms, such as XE

https://cov-lineages.org/lineage_list.html

Highest new weekly deaths

https://www.who.int/publicatio....ns/m/item/weekly-epi

United States of America
(3 682 new deaths; -9%)

Republic of Korea
(2 186 new deaths; -6%)

Russian Federation
(2 008 new deaths; -15%)

Germany
(1 686 new deaths; +6%)

Brazil
(1 120 new deaths; -22%).

Africa (WHO)

Cases, lowest since the pandemic began

From a peak of more than 308,000 weekly cases,
to fewer than 20,000 last week

Cases down, 29%

Deaths down, 37%

(239 deaths for the week)

No country in the region is currently seeing an increase of COVID-19 cases.

Southern Hemisphere winter

there is a high risk of another wave of new infections

Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Africa director

With the virus still circulating, the risk of new and potentially more deadly variants emerging remains, and the pandemic control measures are pivotal to effective response to a surge in infections

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus

Repeated warnings that the coronavirus would devastate Africa

Most African infections, asymptomatic