Despite the spread of Omicron, India is seeing a decrease in the number of new patients coronavirus.
In India, during a study of 183 cases of the new COVID-19 strain “Omicron” found that 87 patients were fully vaccinated against coronavirus, and three more had already received additional vaccinations.
With reference to the Indian Ministry of Health on Friday, December 24, The Associated Press reports.
According to the head of the Indian Ministry of Health Rajesh Bhushan, in total 358 patients in the country have confirmed a new variant of the coronavirus, 114 of which have already recovered.
He also noted that in Asian states, in contrast to North America and Europe, there is a decrease in e the number of cases of COVID-19. Over the past two weeks, the country has recorded an average of about 7,000 new infections every day.
Meanwhile, 61% of India's population over 18, Bhushan said, received two doses of the coronavirus vaccine.
< p> In September 2020 and in May of this year, the state was covered by large-scale outbreaks of COVID-19. At the peak of the second surge in India, more than 400 thousand patients were recorded every day.
