• Health The WHO qualifies the omicron variant as 'worrying': is it as fierce as it is painted?

The new

coronavirus

mutation

, named by the WHO

Omicron

and first reported by

South Africa

on November 24, has already been identified in Europe, with a confirmed case in

Belgium

, after being reported in South Africa, Botswana, Hong Kong and Israel.

WHO he said it could take several determine weeks if the

new variant

involves changes in the transmissibility or severity of the

Covid-19

, as well as the effectiveness of vaccines, testing and treatment of the

Covid-19

, and warned against the imposition of travel restrictions while scientific evidence is scant.

The data of the coronavirus in Spain

Total figures

: 5,131,012 confirmed coronavirus cases with a diagnostic test for active infection;

There have been 87,955 deaths with a positive test as of November 26, 2021.

  • 820,184 in Andalusia (11,335 dead)

  • 168,277 in Aragon (3,937 dead)

  • 168,277 in Asturias (2,088 dead)

  • 104,803 in the Balearic Islands (1,021 dead)

  • 102,321 in the Canary Islands (1,045 dead)

  • 47,841 in Cantabria (613 dead)

  • 244,128 in Castilla-La Mancha (6,525 dead)

  • 308,144 in Castilla y León (7,407 dead)

  • 956,245 in Catalonia (16,013 dead)

  • 7,658 in Ceuta (128 dead)

  • 528,723 in the Valencian Community (7,888 dead)

  • 104,409 in Extremadura (1,995 dead)

  • 192,089 in Galicia (2,663 dead)

  • 912,010 in Madrid (16,289 dead)

  • 11,227 in Melilla (113 dead)

  • 146,160 in Murcia (1,765 dead)

  • 87,702 in Navarra (1,262 dead)

  • 275,420 in the Basque Country (5,040 dead)

  • 40,532 in La Rioja (828 dead)

Update narration

07.12.

Ómicron, the new variant of the coronavirus, spreads and the world isolates Africa

The United States, Brazil and countries from all regions of the world announced on Friday the closure of their borders to travelers from southern

Africa

, after the detection of a

new,

potentially highly contagious

variant

of the

coronavirus

called omicron.

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the

B.1.1.529

strain

of the

coronavirus

, which it named

Ómicron

, is a "worrisome" variant like the currently dominant

Delta

and those previously detected alpha, beta and gamma.

The new mutation, first reported by

South Africa

on November 24, has already been identified in Europe, with a case confirmed on Friday in Belgium, after being reported in South Africa, Botswana, Hong Kong and Israel.

From equities to oil, world markets tumbled on the omicron news, amid fears of a major blow to the global economic recovery.

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