China Earlier, stricter measures to fight Omicron Virus, iiQ8 info
Kuwait City, 17th March 2022:
China Earlier, stricter measures to fight Omicron Virus, iiQ8 info
#China: Earlier, stricter measures to fight Omicron
Workers assemble quarantine units amid snow at the construction site of a COVID-19 quarantine center in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin.
Prevention and control measures should be in place earlier and deployed more quickly, and be stricter and more tangible, given that the stealthy Omicron sub-variant spreads quicker, said Chinese experts.
The main culprit behind the ongoing wave of COVID infections in China is the Omicron BA.2 sub-variant, which is more contagious than the Delta variant, said Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiologist with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
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The Omicron BA.1 spreads 77 percent faster than the Delta variant, while BA.2 circulates 66 percent faster than BA.1, Wu noted, citing relevant research results.
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