All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Sunday that due to the rise in COVID-19 cases in the UK, India should prepare for any eventuality. .
“We should be prepared and hope that things are not as bad as they are in the UK. We need more data on Omicron. Whenever there is an increase in cases in other parts of the world, we I need to monitor closely and prepare for any Last. It’s better to be prepared than let down,” Guleria said while speaking to ANI.
To date, India has reported more than 100 cases of Omicron disease.
The new variant of COVID-19 was first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) from South Africa on November 25. According to WHO, the first confirmed case of B.1.1.529 was from a Patient samples were collected on 9 November this year. .
On November 26, WHO named the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529, which had been detected in South Africa, as ‘Omicron’. WHO has classified Omicron as a ‘worrying variant’.
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