The omicron variant it doubles its cases every two or three days and is already present in 110 countries, according to data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
In its latest update on the information it has on this variant, the WHO points out that transmits “significantly faster” than the delta, but indicates that the data coming from the UK, South Africa and Denmark “suggest a lower risk of hospitalization.”
The doubt about virulence
“However, the risk of hospitalizations is only one aspect of the seriousness,” says the WHO, adding that at the moment there is still cannot conclude whether the decreased risk of hospitalizations ands caused by immunity from a previous infection or by vaccination or if the omicron “It may be less virulent.”
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Despite noting the high transmissibility of omicron, the WHO points out that infections are decreasing in one of the regions of South Africa where it was first detected. However, he assures that it is not yet known whether by immunization or by “increased intrinsic transmissibility”.
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