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Can recovered Covid-19 patients be reinfected with Omicron? Here’s what WHO says

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Can recovered Covid-19 patients be reinfected with Omicron? Here’s what WHO says

The Omicron variant has been causing a surge in the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) infection across the world. The number of hospitalisations is less, but the spread of infection is faster, owing to a high number of mutations the Omicron possesses.

This begs the question: Can the Omicron variant re-infect people? Health experts and the World Health Organization (WHO), which keeps tabs on emerging variants of the constantly mutating coronavirus, say the chances of reinfection are high.

The WHO stated in a note on the Omicron variant that the variant can evade people’s previous immunity and can still infect people who have been infected with Covid-19 in the past. This is a wake-up call for those who have not been vaccinated and those who were vaccinated a few months ago.

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The WHO said in a report published on its website last month: “Compared with Delta, people who have recovered from Covid-19 are three to five times more likely to be infected with Omicron.”

However, it added that there is still no evidence that Omicron causes more severe disease than the Delta variant, which led to a devastating second wave of infections last year.

The WHO said the virus spread mainly among adults in their 20s and 30s, initially in large cities and in clusters associated with social and workplace gatherings.

However, some studies have confirmed a silver lining for the Omicron variant. Bloomberg reported earlier this week that a combination of broad immunity and numerous mutations has resulted in a virus that causes far less disease than previous iterations.

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The Bloomberg report is based on ongoing research on Omicron, including in South Africa, where the variant first appeared.

One of the key factors that makes Omicron less virulent is that it doesn’t infect the lungs as easily as previous variants. One such study was published by a consortium of Japanese and American scientists who conducted experiments on mice and hamsters. Another study in Belgium reported similar results in hamsters, which were severely ill due to a previous mutation of the virus.

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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