Andaman and Nicobar Islands achieved 100 per cent double-dose COVID-19 vaccination coverage, becoming the first State/UT to achieve the milestone using only Cov
that is a really helpful explanation of where we are and where we re headed in the near future. in terms of comparing this particular variant, omicron, to the first two that we saw, the alpha and the delta, when you talk about transmissibility, can you help the viewers at home understand what you mean when you say it s more transmissible than delta because i recall back during delta that being as transmissible as the chicken pox, and so what does it mean for omicron that it s more transmissible than even delta was? well, our most transmissible human virus is probably the measles virus and has what s called a reproductive number of between 12 and 18. what that means if the single individual gets it, another dozen or so unvaccinated individuals will get measles. that s why we have to get vaccination coverage over 90%,
going to be a really rough four or five weeks now. that is a really helpful explanation of where we are and where we re headed in the near future. in terms of comparing this particular variant, omicron, to the first two that we saw, the alpha and the delta, when you talk about transmissibility, can you help the viewers at home understand what you mean when you say it s more transmissible than delta because i recall back during delta that being as transmissible as the chicken pox, and so what does it mean for omicron that it s more transmissible than even delta was? well, our most transmissible human virus is probably the measles virus and has what s called a reproductive number of between 12 and 18. what that means if the single individual gets it, another dozen or so unvaccinated individuals will get measles. that s why we have to get vaccination coverage over 90%,