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Omicron Dominates New US COVID Cases; First Known Death Reported – Al Jazeera English

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading faster than the Delta strain and is causing infections in people already vaccinated or who have recovered from the COVID-19 disease.

“There is now consistent evidence that Omicron is spreading significantly faster than the Delta variant,” the UN agency’s chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing in Geneva on Monday.

The warning came as health officials in the United States said that Omicron now accounts for 73.2 percent of new cases over the past week, and as the country’s first known death linked to the variant is reported in the state of Texas.

Meanwhile, Israel has added the US to its “no-fly” list, citing concerns over the spread of the new variant.

New Zealand also announced on Tuesday that it would delay its re-opening plans until the end of February fearing a rapid spread of Omicron.

Here are the latest updates:

26 mins ago (06:52 GMT)

India reports 200 Omicron cases in 12 states

India has recorded 200 cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant across 12 states, mostly in the western state of Maharashtra and the nation’s capital New Delhi, said the health ministry.

The country’s tally of Omicron cases has nearly doubled within a week, but there have been no deaths reported so far. In less than 40 percent of cases, patients either fully recovered or were discharged, the data showed.

India has been accelerating its vaccination campaign amid fears of potential surges in infections, with at least one dose given to 87 percent of the eligible 944 million adults.

2021 12 15T165544Z 1638383430 RC2VER9IM6GM RTRMADP 3 HEALTH CORONAVIRUS INDIA VACCINEIndia has been accelerating its vaccination campaign amid fears of potential surges in infections [Amit Dave/Reuters]

46 mins ago (06:31 GMT)

Kuwait to make jab booster compulsory

Kuwait will require travellers arriving to the country to have the COVID-19 vaccine booster shot if more than nine months have passed since their vaccination, the government communication centre tweeted.

Kuwait will also require incoming travellers to quarantine at home for 10 days unless they receive a negative PCR test for the coronavirus within 72 hours of their arrival.


2 hours ago (04:50 GMT)

Australia PM rules out lockdowns despite Omicron surge

Australia must move past “the heavy hand of government” and authorities must stop shutting down people’s lives with COVID-19 lockdowns, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Tuesday, as daily infections in the country shot up to a new pandemic high.

“We have got to get past the heavy hand of government and we have got to treat Australians like adults,” Morrison told reporters, urging authorities to shift from “a culture of mandates” when it comes to masks and social distancing rules.

“We’re not going back to lockdowns. We’re going forward to live with this virus with common sense and responsibility.”


3 hours ago (03:54 GMT)

First Omicron-linked death reported in the US state of Texas

Texas’ Harris County has reported its first death related to the Omicron COVID-19 variant, a man who was unvaccinated, the county health department said in a statement.

It is believed to be the first known recorded Omicron death in the United States, ABC News reported.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not immediately respond to a Reuters news agency request for comment on the issue.

The victim, aged between 50-60 years old, was at higher risk of severe complications from COVID-19 as he was unvaccinated, the health department said in a statement.

BREAKING—First #Omicron US death in Texas—in an unvaccinated man **reinfected** after previously having #COVID19. New convalescent blood? studies of survivors (of Alpha, Beta, or Delta variants) show little to no neutralization defense against Omicron. Please #Vaccinate& Boost? pic.twitter.com/SjB39XxjNU

— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) December 21, 2021


6 hours ago (01:25 GMT)

New Zealand delays re-opening plans

New Zealand said on Tuesday that it would delay its re-opening plans until the end of February, fearing a rapid spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.

New Zealand had previously announced that non-quarantine travel would reopen by mid-January for New Zealand citizens and residents in Australia, and to foreign tourists by April.

“There’s no doubt this is disappointing and will upset many holiday plans, but it’s important to set these changes out clearly today so they can have time to consider those plans,” COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said in a statement.


7 hours ago (00:06 GMT)

Singapore finds suspected Omicron cluster in gym

Singapore’s Ministry of Health has announced that it has detected a cluster of three COVID-19 cases linked to a gym, of which two have tested preliminarily positive for the Omicron variant. The result for the remaining case is pending.

All three people were fully vaccinated and have mild symptoms.

The health ministry is ring-fencing the cases through contact tracing, it added.


8 hours ago (23:37 GMT)

Omicron now dominant Covid-19 variety in US: Health authorities

The fast-spreading Omicron variant is now the main coronavirus strain in the United States, accounting for 73.2 percent of new cases over the past week for which data is available, according to health authorities.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the spike for the week ending on Saturday.

Over the same time period in the Pacific Northwest states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, Omicron accounted for 96.3 percent of new cases.

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