DHAKA, Jan 24 (NNN-BSS) – The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is driving a huge spike in fresh infections in Bangladesh, a senior official said yesterday.
Nazmul Islam, a spokesman for the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), told reporters, “A huge spike in infections is being driven by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, which is gradually replacing Delta in the country.”
In a health bulletin, yesterday afternoon, about the symptoms of the Omicron variant, he said that, some 73 percent of people here detected with the Omicron variant have runny nose, 68 percent have headache, 64 percent have fatigue and 60 percent have sneezing.
Also, he said, 60 percent of the patients have sore throat and 44 percent have cough.
“If we don’t follow well hygiene rules, the upward trend in fresh Omicron cases won’t stop,” he said.
Bangladesh’s new COVID-19 cases soared by 10,906 in the past 24 hours, by 8:00 a.m. local time yesterday, taking the total cases to 1,685,136, according to the latest government data.– NNN-BSS
