The UK’s next G7 president has convened an extraordinary meeting of Health ministers. According to the first data of the doctors, the patients with the Omikron variant show “extreme fatigue”.
More and more states have confirmed cases of the new variant of the Corona virus, Omikron, and imposed travel restrictions. Israel and Japan close borders to all foreigners.
Due to the spread of the new variant of the virus, Corona, Omikron, Great Britain the next president of the G7 countries meeting has called an extraordinary meeting of G7 Health ministers. This Monday, the G7 countries’ health ministers are consulting on a new pandemic development, the Omikron variant. The World Health Organization has already classified the risk of the new variant as “very high” . The Omicron variant poses a major global risk, according to the WHO, and called on countries to take precautionary measures.
“Extreme fatigue”
But what are the symptoms that appear in people infected with Omicron? Regarding the symptoms shown by the new variant, Omikron, the head of the South African Medical Association, SAMA and the South African doctor Angelique Coetzee told the news agency, AFP that many of her patients with Omikron show unusual symptoms, but easy. Most of those affected are men under the age of 40 who complain of “extreme fatigue”. For the British newspaper “Telegraph”, Coetzee expressed concern that the elderly with other diseases, Omikron could hit hard.
Ursula von der Leyen
Renowned German virologist Christian Drosten is skeptical of reports of easy progress. For German television, ZDF he said, “we do not really know much. I have to say, that at the moment I am very worried, to see so many mutations in the virus. But these mutations are the only things accessible to the virus, I do not “We know right away what mutations do in reality. There are reports of easy progression today. I think there is not much substance to this. We have only tried over 1,000 cases and we need to see their clinical progress.”
Ursula von der Leyen: “We must save time”
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday called on citizens in Europe to be vaccinated, wear a mask and respect the rules of distance. “We have to save time,” von der Leyen said during a visit to the Latvian capital, Riga. If Omikron is classified as a vaccine-defeating variant, then in the EU contract with BioNTech Pfizer for the supply of 1.8 billion doses, a definite clause enters into force, that the manufacturer must adapt the vaccine to the virus variant within 100 days.
Omikron – the variant with the name of the Greek alphabet was discovered days ago in South Africa. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa expects a fourth Corone wave in the coming weeks. This variant has increased the cases of Corona in the populous province of Gauteng, Ramaphosa said. This place does not currently have a lockdown.
Meanwhile cases of the new Omikron variant have been confirmed in several countries. In the Netherlands, 61 people brought the virus from South Africa, 10 of whom were diagnosed with the Omicron variant. Cases of Omicron have also been identified in Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany , the United Kingdom, Israel, Italy, Canada, Austria and the Czech Republic. Many countries have tightened measures by imposing travel restrictions. The President of South Africa criticized this as “unfair discrimination of our country and sister countries.”
Eavesdropping on cell phones through the secret service
Japan has currently announced a travel ban for foreigners in the country. The country’s prime minister, Fumio Kishida, said he had imposed “as an emergency measure” on Tuesday banning and restricting travel for foreigners from around the world. Israel also imposed a total travel ban on foreigners on Sunday. Special cases must be approved by a special committee. Internal intelligence service, Shin Ben resumed official interception of patients with Corona and their contacts. This measure was used in the first phase of the pandemic, but due to criticism was withdrawn.
