From Caruso to Pregliasco and Bassetti, experts are asking attention to the highly contagious Omicron 5 sub variant
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there pandemic of covid-19 It is not behind us and we must not let our guard down because, experts say, Sub variant Omicron 5 She is very aggressive. According to virologists and infectious diseases, the Omicron mutation is, in fact, currently one of the most infectious viruses in the world, with levels so high that you fear the worst.
Warning from experts on Omicron
The interview was conducted by Adnkronos Salute, among the first to sound the alarm Omicron 5 I was Arnaldo Karusopresident of the Italian Society of Virology, which looks specifically at the “il .” subvariable virus The most contagious in the world, and precisely this characteristic is dangerous.”
According to CarsoThe current version of Covid “It’s definitely less aggressive, but it remains problematic.” Indeed, according to the chief Italian virologist, the virus can easily reach even the most vulnerable people and will soon become prevalent.
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What is clearly worrying is the significant return of infection in October, while the current numbers are the “unexpected surprise”.
Unexpected numbers, what’s going on
To testify to the aggressiveness of Covid-19 in Sub variant Omicron 5 There are a number of infections in the last few weeks. In fact, Caruso explained, “We are definitely seeing an increase that we did not expect at the moment. During the summer period He should have been in remission“.
“We knew that Omicron 5 could infect people who had already been vaccinated or recovered from an infection associated with the previous variants, but we thought it would affect a little later, not now,” he explained.
Pregliasco warns of infection
But the alert on the Omicron 5 certainly didn’t end there. Actually too Fabrizio Brigliasco“Sooner or later the Omicron will succeed, it is a disaster, because the virus is escaping,” confirmed the IRCCS’s Galeazi Orthotic Director of Health.
Then the expert stressed the risks “It also affects Who has been cured and also vaccinated. It is true that Omicron creates less dangerous situations, but there is a risk of another increase in the number of cases, which is underestimated: in my opinion, it will be about 100,000 cases per day. ”
Bassetti and Vaccine Status
To trigger another warning is Matthew BassettiDirector of the San Martino Clinic for Infectious Diseases in Genoa.
In fact, the expert explained: “The problem is how to do it: we waste a lot of time on the mask and in cases of entry, while we must think seriously about how to deal with the comorbidities of the elderly, focusing on prevention. We must talk to the Italians that Taking a booster dose is critical to their health.”
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