In India, where COVID-19 was swept heavily earlier this year, a new mutation, Omicron, is showing signs of spreading rapidly.
According to Indian media such as the Hindustan Times on the 6th local time, the number of confirmed cases of Omicron mutation across India until the night before was 21.
The number of confirmed cases, which was only 4 until the 4th, increased to 17 in just one day.
Most of the confirmed cases are travelers or people who have been in contact with or returning from Africa or Europe where Omicron is spreading recently, such as Tanzania (1 in New Delhi), Nigeria (3 in Maharashtra), and Finland (1 in Maharashtra). was known as
Earlier, in India on the 2nd, the first two cases of omicron mutation were detected in the southern state of Karnataka, one Indian and one South African.
Authorities believe that the recent slowdown in the spread of Corona 19 due to the influx of Omicron may rekindle, and are strengthening vaccination and quarantine measures.
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