Covid 19 latest updates worldwide: April 2023
Covid 19 latest updates worldwide: Vaccines
According to a recent report, about COVID-19 vaccines’ latest updates worldwide, vaccine and booster doses by the World Health Organization (WHO) could result in a reduction in global demand and revenue for vaccines. The WHO revised its vaccine guidance after a meeting of the agency’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE). The SAGE no longer recommends annual COVID-19 vaccine boosters for healthy adults under 60 years of age who have completed both a primary vaccine series and booster. [1]
Additionally, it does not recommend vaccinating healthy children aged six months and 17 years against COVID-19 at all. [2]
As of 12 April 2023, there have been about 761,500,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally, including about 6,890,000 deaths reported to WHO. A total of 13,331,975,343 vaccine doses have been administered. [3]
What is the latest news on the Omicron variant?
According to recent reports, a mutation of Omicron’s infectious XBB1.16 variant called XBB1.16.1 has been found across 13 states and Union Territories in India. [6] The Omicron variant is also considered deadlier than seasonal flu [8]
The World Health Organization (WHO) declared Omicron a variant of concern on November 26th, 2021. It was quickly identified as being significantly more transmissible than Delta, the preceding variant of concern. Within 4 weeks, as the Omicron wave traveled around the world, it replaced Delta as the dominant variant. [7]
What is the latest news on the Delta variant?
The Delta variant is a highly contagious variant of COVID-19 that was first detected in India in 2020. It was labeled as a variant of concern by the World Health Organization (WHO) on May 31, 2021. Community transmission largely attributed to the Delta variant has caused an increase in reported cases and deaths on a daily basis. Even countries that previously contained COVID-19 transmission have seen a rapid rise in cases partly driven by this more transmissible variant
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