The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) indicated this Wednesday that the omicron variant has been detected in nine countries and territories in America.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) indicated this Wednesday that the omicron variant has been detected in nine countries and territories in America, and assured that so far the delta is the predominant one in the region.
“The omicron variant has been detected in nine countries and territories of our region: USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Bermuda ”, said the Incident Manager for COVID-19 of PAHO, Sylvain Aldighieri, in the weekly press conference of that body.
He explained that the omicron has been detected “mainly a product of travel,” and admitted that data on community transmission “is very limited” in the region.
In this context, he pointed out that the delta “continues to be the prevailing one in all the subregions of America.”
Given the fear that the new variant has aroused, the official considered it “necessary” to take into account that an increase in infections “is due to a multifactorial process.”
“The circulation of the variants is only one of these factors and perhaps it is not the most important,” he clarified.
Regardless of the circulating variants, Aldighieri called to continue “All public health measures” Launches to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, including social distancing, the systematic use of masks in closed places and vaccination.
The official confirmed that America has a genomic surveillance network made up of seven regional reference laboratories that cover North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean.
“Countries have the power to confirm, request support through the network for the detection of variants of concern, variants of interest, including omicron,” he added. (I)
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