New Delhi: While it's an established fact that the Omicron variant of coronavirus spreads faster than the Delta variant, a study done in America says that this speed of spread will eventually help in ending this epidemic.
Zee News' Sachin Arora on Monday (January 3) explained the "positive side" of the new variant of coronavirus.
The faster Omicron spreads, the faster it will replace the Delta variant of the corona, which is more dangerous than the new variant, the study has said.
Omicron is more contagious, but in most cases, it does not require hospitalization; rather its symptoms fade away in 4-5 days just like the common cold.
In Britain, people who recovered from Omicron infection were later found with high-level antibodies. Study says that the antibodies made in the body due to Omicron infection are more powerful than antibodies developed by vaccines.
This shows that people are getting infected with Omicron, but the infection is not dangerous for your body, and the figures of hospitalization that have been found in this variant so far suggest the same.
In the Delta variant, 30 patients out of every 100 had to be hospitalized within three to four days of infection.
In Omicron, this figure is only 10 to 13 patients out of every 100, even in of these 13 patients, 50% do not need oxygen.
In most cases, the symptoms of the Omicron variant are similar to those of the common cold. However, you can differentiate between the two keeping these points in check.
According to doctors, if a person has a cough for an hour, then it could be a symptom of COVID infection.
