None of the infected needed hospitalization.
< p> On Saturday, December 11, Turkey recorded the first cases of the new COVID-19 strain “Omicron.” > It is noted that one of the cases of the new variant was registered in Istanbul, and five more in the western province of Izmir. According to Koji, none of the infected needed hospitalization.
The head of the Turkish Ministry of Health suggested that although Omicron spreads faster than other COVID strains, it “has a milder effect on patients.
< p> “What needs to be done is that our citizens continue to take the measures they have taken so far,” the Turkish Minister of Health emphasized.
As reported by the WHO, the new version of COVID-19 ” Omicron “as of December 7 was recorded on the territory of 57 countries of the world . At the same time, according to the Ministry of Health, as of December 9, not a single case of this strain was recorded in Ukraine.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus believes that “some characteristics of Omicron, including a large number of mutations indicate that it could seriously affect the course of the pandemic. ” Omicron as a matter of concern. This variant was first discovered on November 9 in southern Africa.
