Omicron: First death due to Omicron in Australia, amidst danger, Singapore removed ban from 10 African countries, know the condition of other countries

Posted on 27th Dec 2021 by rohit kumar

Australia-Singapore Omicron: In Australia's New South Wales city, the first death from the new variant of the coronavirus 'Omicron' has been confirmed and more than six thousand new cases of Covid-19 were reported. A man suffering from 'Omicron' has died in western Sydney. He had been fully vaccinated, but he had some serious health problems.

 

On Monday, 6,324 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in the country's most populous New South Wales. There, 524 people are hospitalized and 55 people are in ICU. Because of the increasing cases of Covid-19, some new rules were also implemented in New South Wales on Monday.

 

On the one hand, Australia has reported the first death from Omicron, while Singapore has lifted the restrictions imposed on 10 African countries due to Omicron, while officials expect a rapid doubling of infection cases in the coming days.

 

Now, travelers who will return to Singapore via Botswana, Eswatini, Ghana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, and Zimbabwe in the last 14 days will be subject to the country's 'Category 4' border rules from 11:59 pm on Sunday. will come within the scope of

 

Passengers coming from these countries will have to undergo an RT-PCR test two days before leaving for Singapore and even after their arrival, their RT-PCR test will be done. He will have to stay in isolation for 10 days. After the completion of the isolation period, the RT-PCR test will be done once again.

 

Earlier, long-term pass holders coming from these countries and those coming from short-term were not allowed entry. At the same time, it was mandatory for citizens and permanent residents of Singapore coming from these countries to stay in isolation in designated centers for 10 days. Meanwhile, the Health Ministry said that due to the high infectiousness of Omicron, there is a possibility of local cases increasing again. According to the ministry, they are expected to double in the coming days and weeks.

 

As of Saturday, 546 cases of Omicron were confirmed in Singapore, of which 443 people have come from abroad. On Sunday, 209 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Singapore. So far 822 people have died due to infection in the country and a total of 2,77,764 people have been found infected.

 

Know the condition of other countries

 

If we look at the conditions made by Corona and its new variants in France, on Saturday, 1 lakh 4 thousand 611 cases of corona have been registered. It is being told that since the beginning of the epidemic, there is the highest number of infections in a single day. At the same time, 94 thousand 100 cases were registered on Friday. Although the number of deaths in the country is less. On Saturday, 84 people died across the country from Corona.

 

In Italy, the new variant of Corona has created an atmosphere of tension. Here, for the third consecutive day, more than 50 thousand cases of corona have been reported. Italy's Health Minister says that 54 thousand 762 new cases have been registered on Saturday. At the same time, 144 people have died during this period. At the same time, because of the increasing cases, the government has made masks mandatory across the country. At the same time, 1 lakh 36 thousand people have died due to corona in the country so far.

 

The havoc of Corona is being seen in Britain. More than one lakh cases of corona have been registered here for the second consecutive day. On Saturday, 1 lakh 22 thousand cases were reported here. On the other hand, 1 lakh 8 thousand cases were registered on Friday.

 

If we look at the condition of America, there was a significant decrease in the cases of Corona on Saturday. On Saturday 58 thousand cases of the corona were registered. At the same time, on Friday, this figure had reached 1 lakh 84 thousand and during this 108 people died. Talking about the Omicron variant, the CDC said that 7 percent of the total corona cases in the country are from Omicron. At the same time, so far 8 lakh 37 thousand people have died due to corona across the country.