‘The virus situation is becoming precarious’are the statements of the prestigious German virologist, Christian Drosten, in Middle German Merkurwho was optimistic about the future development of the pandemic.
Despite the fact that in early October there was again a rapid increase in infections and hospital admissionsthe expert assures, there are two main reasons why the situation of the virus is becoming “precarious”, which will soon make it endemic.
According to the expert, small factors are enough to break a wave, for example “a change in the weather”for example that the variant that caused a significant increase in cases in the summer decreased significantly in mid-October, even when there are no great protective measures (in Germany the mandatory use of the mask on public transport is maintained).
Two scenarios for Covid in winter
This change in the current dynamics of infectionsadded to vaccines is the main reason given by the expert why the virus ends up becoming something endemic. We remind you that those who think that the Omicron variant is lighter than its predecessors are very wrong: “It’s not light, thinking it’s a big mistake”. The only thing that made fewer people sick with Ómicron or fewer hospital stays was the arrival of vaccines.
As for winter, the virologist believes that everything will depend on which variant of Covid-19 will prevail in the coming months: “Right now, there are two sub variants, the BF.7 and the BQ.1.1which may be more complicated because it has an additional immune leak.” However, it also predicts the possibility of a “soft” swell in winter.
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S protests escalate in China over ‘zero Covid’ policy of the government. Coronavirus cases have increased across the country, even as the population is increasingly taking to the streets and in several cities to protest the way the Chinese executive is proceeding. From Beijing to Kong Kong, via Wuhan or Shanghai, the riots have occurred at various points.
Onda Cero’s correspondent from Hong Kong, Laura Laplana, explained the reasons for this situation to Julia en la Onda: “It has been almost three years since the government’s strict policy, so we have come from several hectic months in which the population is fed up ; there was a trigger, a fire broke out in an apartment building where ten people died, a part of the population believes that the tragedy is partly due to the fact that the Covid measures have delayed the response of the authorities“.
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The correspondent also reports it the numbers of infections are lower than in the rest of the worldeven if a record number of cases was broken in the last week: “Today there are more than 40,000 new cases in China, more than we are used to. The older population is not vaccinated, there is a very low level of vaccination in even people over 60 and the health system is weak.
