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Omicron Virus |
It’s a type of Corona Virus. |
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Name Given By |
World Health Organization’s TAG-VE or Technical Advisory Group on Virus
Evolution |
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Detected In |
South Africa |
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Detected On |
44524 |
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Other Names |
B.1.1.529 |
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Omicron Causes |
COVID-19 disease |
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Omicron Virus Symptoms |
Fever / chills,Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, cough, tiredness, Fatigue,
loss of taste, loss of smell, sore throat, headache, Muscle or body aches,Nausea or vomiting,
Congestion or runny nose, aches, pains, Diarrhea, a rash on skin, discoloration of fingers or
toes, difficulty breathing, loss of speech, loss of mobility, chest pain.
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Omicron Transmissible |
More easily spread from person to person compared to other COVID variants.
Omicron was detected in 16 countries across 4 continents in 5 days |
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Omicron Virus Mutations |
Has a large number mutation. A mutation refers to a single change in a virus’s
genome (genetic code). |
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new Corona Virus variants |
Alpha (B.1.1.7 and Q lineages)
Beta (B.1.351 and descendent lineages)
Gamma (P.1 and descendent lineages)
Epsilon (B.1.427 and B.1.429)
Eta (B.1.525)
Iota (B.1.526)
Kappa (B.1.617.1)
1.617.3
Mu (B.1.621, B.1.621.1)
Zeta (P.2)
Delta (B.1.617.2 and AY lineages)
Omicron (B.1.1.529)
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Variants of Corona Virus more severe |
Omicron, Alpha and Delta variants (
causes illness and death) |
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Omicron May Be Spreading Faster Than Delta |
yes |
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Is Omicron Found In India? |
yes |
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Omicron Virus Resistance |
More resistant to vaccines and treatments. |
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Severity |
More contagious, deadlier than previous strains |
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What Generating Immune Response Against Omicron Virus |
The memory B and memory T cells are responsible for generating an immune
response when infected. |
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vaccines against Omicron used in south Africa |
Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer–BioNTech and Oxford–AstraZeneca |
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Will there be new COVID-19 variants? |
Yes, due spread of corona virus in population, mutations will continue to
happen, the delta variant family continues to evolve. |
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Omicron Treatments Present |
Monoclonal antibody treatments |
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Omicron Virus test |
Mutations in Omicron’s spike gene prevent its detection in the test for some
genes. I.e variant will test positive for only two of the genes. |