According to a Japanese study, the Omicron is more transmissible than the delta Alternative. A study in Japan found that the Omicron variant was 4.2 times more contagious in the early stages than the Delta variant.

Omicron variant is more transmissible than delta, according to study from Japan
Omicron variant is more transmissible than delta, according to study from Japan

The COVID-19 test is being conducted for two people in the parking lot of Mount Olympus Senior Center in Milcreek on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. A new study in Japan found that the omicron form of coronavirus is 4.2 times more contagious. According to Baron, this is an early stage compared to the Delta variant. 

According to a Japanese study, the Omicron is more transmissible than the delta Alternative

A new study in Japan found that the omicron form of the coronavirus was 4.2 times more contagious than its first delta form, according to Barron’s.

  • The report added, "The Omicron variant spreads more infections and escapes through naturally occurring immunity and vaccines," said Hiroshi Nishiura, a professor of health and environmental sciences at Kyoto University who led the study.
  • The study used genome data from the Gauteng province of South Africa. Currently, the study is not published in peer reviews or scientific journals. 
Omicron variant is more transmissible than delta from Japan

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On Wednesday, World Health Organization officials said preliminary data indicated higher infection rates in small cases, which are still spreading rapidly around the world, according to the Economic Times.
  • WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanam Ghebreiss said it could have a major impact on the COVID-19 epidemic and that more patients could be hospitalized if it were not now.
  • "We urge all countries to increase surveillance, testing and sequencing," he said, according to the report. "... Any self-satisfaction will cost life now."
According to CNBC, Pfizer and BioNTech state that their booster doses provide a high level of protection against the new variant.

Omicron variant is more transmissible than delta from Japan

"While two doses of the vaccine may still provide protection against serious diseases caused by the Omicron strain, it is clear from these preliminary data that protection has improved with the third dose of our vaccine," said Pfizer CEO Albert Borla, in a joint statement with Bioentech.

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