The first case of the coronavirus, first detected in South Africa in late November, has created a new wave of panic in the pandemic. CoronaThe highly contagious Omicron variant of the virus. The spread of this variant is increasing rapidly around the world; Omicron is especially prevalent in European countries. An analysis by the country's media outlet NDTV has revealed that the spread of this variant in neighboring India could also have very dangerous consequences.
NDTV's Meher Pandey and Saurabh Gupta, after analyzing specific data on the current infection rate in the country, say that the dominance of the Omicron variant could lead to a situation where an average of 60,000 people in India could be hospitalized every day.
According to the country's official data, India has a total Corona Less than 2 percent of patients are currently infected with Omicron. But NDTV research suggests the real picture is much worse. Meher Pandey and Saurabh Gupta have warned that the country's healthcare system could soon be overwhelmed as the Omicron variant becomes dominant in India.
According to the Indian Health Department, the number of Omicron patients in the country is currently estimated to be around 1,500, but the actual number is more than 10 times that. This means that 18,000 people in India are currently infected with Omicron, and that number is increasing every day.
India is also following the path of other countries in the world; in many countries, those who are currently CoronaAbout 90 percent of those infected are infected with Omicron. The official figure of Omicron patients in India is still very low due to the lack of genome sequencing facilities, testing facilities and laboratories essential for Omicron detection.
