Geneva: Omicron did not seem to cause a more severe disease than the previous Covid variant, and “very impossible” to completely avoid vaccine protection, a top official to AFP Tuesday.
Speaking to AFP, the calculation of the two world health organizations, said that while many must be learned about new variants, it is very mutated from Covid-19, the initial data shows it does not make people more painful than Delta and other strains.
“Initial data does not show that this is worse “These days are very early, we must be very careful how we interpret the signal.” At the same time, he said there was no sign that Omicron could fully soar protection provided by the existing Covid vaccine.
“We have a very effective vaccine that has proven effective against all variants so far, in terms of severe disease and hospitalization,” said 56-year-old epidemiology and the former traumatic surgeon.
“There is no reason to expect that it will not be so” for Omicron, he said, referred to the initial data from South Africa where the variant was first detected that “suggest the vaccine at least survive in the term protection”.
Ryan admitted there was a possibility that the existing vaccine might prove to be less effective against omicrons, which counted more than 30 mutations in a surge protein that flames the surface of the Coronavirus and allows it to attack cells.
But he said it was “very impossible” it would be able to avoid vaccine protection at all.
“We must confirm whether there is a hose in the protection, but I will hope to see some protection there.” The initial data from South Africa will not show that we will have great efficacy losses.
In fact, the opposite is now.
“In the war against all Covid variants, he said,” The best weapon we have now is to be vaccinated.
“Two weeks after being identified, Omicron has been found in dozens of countries around the world.
Initial data from South Africa shows that new variants are likely to transmit rather than the previous variants, said Ryan, adding that this is not a surprise.” When there is a new variant appears, It will tend to be more contagious, because it will be more contagious, because it must compete with the previous variant, “he said.
Irish people who spoke quickly said people could expect Omicron gradually replacing Delta as the dominant tension.
But he showed that Omicron so far seen spreading Especially quickly in South Africa, where Delta.
has been reduced, and may only “exploit the gap in the Delta transmission”.
There are also indications that Omicron is better in infecting people who have been vaccinated or already have covid.
“There is some evidence to suggest reinfe it’s CTIs with omicron more common than with gel Seas before or the previous variant, “Ryan said.
But “We are very interested in seeing not whether you can be scanned with Omicron, but whether new infections are more or less severe.” He said that, when the Covid vaccine was currently aimed at preventing severe diseases but it did not always protrote against only a virus, infecting with mild symptoms or no lower problems.
However, Ryan said, regardless of the mutation, the new variant is still covid, and must be fought for with the same steps, including vaccines, masks and physical distances.
“The virus does not change its nature.
It may have changed in terms of its efficiency, but it does not completely change the game,” he said.
“The rules of the game are still the same.”