The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that there is clear evidence that people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 or those who were infected in the past can get the omicron variant, whose spread is accelerating in the world.
At a press conference for the international press in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the information being analyzed about omicron indicates that this variant circulate faster than the previous ones and that “it is probable that those vaccinated and those who have been cured of COVID they become infected or reinfect“.
Tedros called everyone to become aware of this situation a few days before the end of the year festivities, pointing out that it is better to cancel the celebrations now “and celebrate life tomorrow”, than “celebrate today and mourn tomorrow.”
Darias warns that omicron will be the predominant
The Minister of Health asserted just a week before the Christmas festivities that omicron will become the dominant mutation in a few weeks, setting aside the Delta, which it had dominated until now.
For its part, the US is preparing for a wave of infections and deaths derived from this variant. The main medical adviser of the White House, Anthony Fauci, has warned that “it is likely that the omicron variant of the coronavirus will lead to new records of infections, hospitalizations and deaths in the United States.” “Unfortunately, I think it will happen.”, Fauci said in statements to ‘CNN’, in response to a question about whether there will be a new record of cases.
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