The figures show that there is a frequent spread of infection in the omicron variant.
– The overall risk associated with the omicron variant is still very high, the WHO writes in its weekly report.
In the report, they write that the scientific basis consistently shows that the omicron variant infects more than the delta variant, with a “doubling time” of two to three days and a rapid increase in infection rates in a number of countries.
The WHO writes that after a gradual increase since October, there was an 11 percent increase in global infection rates last week, compared to the week before. At the same time, about the same number of deaths were registered as the week before. This amounted to just under 5 million new cases and more than 44,000 new deaths, writes WHO.
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Infection outbreaks in Norway
The omicron variant was first discovered in South Africa at the end of November. At the beginning of December, the first case of the variant was detected in Norway.
Infection rates were already rising when the variant was discovered, but infection rates continued to increase. In the last week or so, the numbers have been declining with an average of 3360 new cases in the last seven days, compared with 4359 in the seven days before that.
– The infection explodes
On Tuesday, however, 4,702 new infections were registered. Health director Bjørn Guldvog has also warned that the more contagious omicron variant will become dominant in Norway.
I FHI’s recent risk report it is established that the number of detected corona cases and corona admissions is still at a high level, but that there are signs of flattening.
The Norwegian government inintroduced in December strict measures in two rounds, with a national ban on drinking, new quarantine rules and visit restrictions in private homes.
– It’s a problem
Infection blast
Elsewhere in the world, however, the virus is ravaging. On Monday, a new, gloomy record was set. Over 1.4 million new corona cases were registered worldwide. This is the highest number of new cases in one day ever.
In the United States, the infection curve has resulted in chaos in air traffic and record high enrollment figures.
While in the UK, France, Greece, Portugal and Italy new infection records have been set, several countries with over 100,000 new infections per day.
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