OMICRON UPDATE - Per "
Your Local Epidemiologist":
Cases reported in their tabular:
South Africa = 99 confirmed, 990 probable
Botswana = 6 confirmed, 9 probable
England = 2 confirmed
Hong Kong = 2 confirmed
Italy = 1 confirmed
Israel = 1 confirmed, 7 probable
Belgium = 1 confirmed
Czech Republic = 1 confirmed
Netherlands = 61 probable
Germany = 3 probable
Denmark = 2 probable
Austria = 1 probable
Global Totals = 113 confirmed, 1,073 probable
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...But even this [tabular] is a little “outdated” because this situation is changing by the minute. To add more cases and context to this list:
Israel: Now has 4 confirmed cases: 1 from travel and 3 from community transmission. The confirmation of community transmission is what prompted their shut down.
Belgium: 1 case has been identified. An unvaccinated young woman developed flu-like symptoms 11 days after travelling to Egypt via Turkey. She hadn’t traveled to South Africa. Because of this, Belgium is retroactively tracking 47 potential cases. They’re looking at past PCR positives to ensure Omicron wasn’t spreading under the radar.
Netherlands: You may notice the 61 in the table above. There were two flights from South Africa that landed in Amsterdam late last night. Upon arrival, all 600 passengers were tested on the tarmac and 61 tests came back positive. A 10% prevalence rate on a flight is unbelievably high. Like defies imagination (as Bergstrom said). Especially given all passengers were negative before take off. With these positive cases we need to know a few things:
* Were these people connected in some way before the flight (like in a tour or same hotel room)?
* What was the vaccination rate (type, timing, boosted)?
* What are the symptoms?
* And, of course, were these caused by Omicron?
We should have an update soon.
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