However, the organization’s director of emergency operations points out that further investigations are still needed.
World Health Organization WHO Director of Emergency Response Michael Ryan says in an interview with the news agency AFP that coronary vaccines can be expected to protect those infected with omicron transformation from the worst forms of coronary heart disease.
“We have highly effective vaccines that have so far proven effective against all variants and protected against the most serious forms of coronary heart disease.”
According to Ryan, no evidence has come to light that the protection provided by current vaccines would not be effective at all for micron.
“Preliminary research data from South Africa has not shown that the effectiveness of the vaccines would be catastrophically reduced. On the contrary, Ryan says.
He also says so far no omicron has been shown to cause more serious forms of the disease than previous virus variants.
“But it is still very early to say anything. We have to be careful when interpreting this information, ”Ryan says, and at the same time calls for further research.
He recalls that currently the best weapon in the fight against the coronavirus is vaccinations.
Preliminary research shows that the latest virus variant is more susceptible to spread than previous virus variants. That, according to Ryan, is not surprising.
“When a new variant is born, it’s often more contagious because it fights for living space with previous variants.”
Ryan says the omicron variant has been found to infect people who are more susceptible to vaccination or who already have coronavirus disease than other variants.
“There’s evidence that omicron infection is more common in people who have already had it than in previous waves or variants of the virus,” Ryan says.
Also Infectious Disease Specialist, U.S. Administration Anthony Fauci tells AFP that the omicron variant has been found to be a highly contagious virus. He estimates that the new variant will not cause as serious a disease as the previous delta variant.
“There are assumptions that omicron would not cause as serious a disease as delta. Based on data from South Africa, the ratio of viral infections to those in need of hospitalization has been lower than in Delta, ”says Fauci.
However, he points out that it is still too early to interpret the preliminary data, as those now infected have been young and need less hospital treatment anyway. In addition, a serious form of the disease may not develop until weeks later.
Fauci also says a more contagious virus that does not cause serious illness or lead to hospitalization and death was “the best case scenario.”
“The worst case scenario is one where the virus is not only easily contagious but also causes a serious illness. Then there is a new wave of infection that is not bitten by vaccinations or previously infected viruses. I don’t think the worst case scenario will come true, but you never know. “
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