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 in our region: USA, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Cuba, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Bermuda”Said PAHO’s Incident Manager for COVID-19, Sylvain Aldighieri, at that agency’s weekly press conference.
He explained that omicron has been detected “mainly travel product“, And admitted that the data on community transmission”they are very limited” in the region.
In this context, he pointed out that the delta “continues to be prevalent in all subregions of America”.
Given the fear that the new variant has aroused, the official considered “necessary“Bear in mind that an increase in infections”is due to a multifactorial process”.
“Variant circulation is just one of these factors and perhaps not the most important”, He clarified.
Regardless of the circulating variants, Aldighieri called for following “all public health measures” put in place 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 the omicron variant“, He said.
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