Symptoms of the Omicron variant, less severe than Delta, especially in fully vaccinated people who have taken a booster dose, now cause some people to view it as a mild illness. maize, “More transmission means more hospitalizations, more deaths, more people unable to work, including teachers and health professionals, and more risks associated with another variant that is more transmissible and more lethal than Omicron”WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Wednesday.
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“Although Omicron causes less severe symptoms than Delta (the dominant variant so far, editors note), it remains a dangerous virus, especially for those who have not been vaccinated.”, he insisted during a press conference.
“It’s not a mild disease, it’s a vaccine-preventable disease.” For his part, Michael Ryan, who is responsible for emergencies at the World Health Organization, launched “Now is not the time to give up, this is not the time to be wary, this is not the time to say it’s a welcome virus, no virus is a virus. Hey”, zei Dr. Ryan.
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First identified in South Africa in late November 2021, the alternative has since taken the world by storm, with curves indicative of daily infections turning into vertical walls in many countries, at levels not seen since the start of the pandemic. more have been seen.
Some hope that Omicron, due to its unusual rate of transmission, will replace the more dangerous variants and make it possible to turn the epidemic into an endemic disease that is easier to fight.
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