Prof. Doron Gazit of the Institute of Physics at the Hebrew University, who is a member of the university's corona research team that advises the corona cabinet, refers today (Sunday) to the omicron virus and says that "in fact what we know at the moment is that the omicron is more contagious than other corona species."
"From South Africa, from various provinces of vaccinated or unvaccinated people, there is information that the omicron is less dangerous in terms of causing hospitalizations, but from the UK there is information that the omicron may be at the same level of danger as the Delta. So, in fact, we do not really know what Really the level of danger of this mutation. "
A certified Corona midwife was connected to an Acmo machine and her condition was serious
Prof Gazit adds that "the picture will probably become clearer in the last week of December, so we will get more reliable information from the British health system about hospitalizations. "Denmark and the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, they even reached a closure."
The expert estimates that it is possible that the reason why a similar outbreak has not yet occurred in Israel is due to the administration of the booster dose.
"Maybe it's because of the restrictions at Ben Gurion Airport and maybe it's because of the huge fact of Alon's headquarters that is constantly interrupting the gluing chains of the Omicron," he says. This mutation is in the country and we are trying by all restrictions to prevent another closure, as has now happened in the Netherlands. "
He said, "This of course requires the cooperation of the public both in restrictions and in the process of receiving the vaccines. It is important to say beyond that it is currently unclear whether more and more vaccine doses will be needed over time or that the three doses we received in Israel will suffice. On the corona. "
Corona examination at Sheba Tel Hashomer Hospital, Photo: Gideon Markovich
Prof. Gazit concludes: "I know that people are tired and the corona event seems long but in terms of dealing with an epidemic the situation in the world is good and two years dealing with an epidemic is not much. But it is important to explain that With very few vaccinated or at all.As long as there are a lot of unvaccinated people and a lot of vaccine suppressed people who will be infected in the corona we will see more and more mutations of the virus coming in. The containment will only be when most of the world is immune. "And in the world and also in the mobilization of rich countries to help a great vaccination campaign in the economically weaker countries."
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