Omicron: A Grim Reality Amidst COVID-19

Authors

  • Saima Mazhar Department of Periodontology, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Farzeen Tanwir Department of Periodontology, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Ayesha Mehwish Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Yasmeen Mahar Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Anum Baqar Department of Prosthodontics, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Maryam Faiz Quereshi Department of Anatomy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California, USA.
  • Areeba Younis Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Ariba Naveed Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Syed Wajahat Haseeb Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Mahail Khan Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.
  • Mariya Azam Khattak Department of Anatomy, Bahria University Health Sciences, Pakistan.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/napr/v2/5440B

Keywords:

Omicron, pandemic, Covid-19, variant, virus, contagious

Abstract

Since the outbreak of the plague Covid-19, which has killed more than 5.57 million people worldwide, the world has been in pain for the past two and a half years. The spread of new coronavirus Omicron variants after alpha, beta, gamma, and delta continues. The virus, which was discovered in Botswana and South Africa in November, has spread rapidly throughout the world in recent weeks, outpacing any previously known coronavirus variant. When compared to other variants, Omicron has been shown to be highly contagious and less receptive to vaccines. November 26, 2021, was when the omicron variant was classified as a variant of concern by the WHO (CDC, 2021) [1]. The goal of this study was to provide a brief overview of what we already know about the Omicron virus and what more needs to be learned about its various variants.

Published

2023-05-20

How to Cite

Saima Mazhar, Farzeen Tanwir, Ayesha Mehwish, Yasmeen Mahar, Anum Baqar, Maryam Faiz Quereshi, … Mariya Azam Khattak. (2023). Omicron: A Grim Reality Amidst COVID-19. Novel Aspects on Pharmaceutical Research Vol. 2, 11–20. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/napr/v2/5440B