Gloomy forecast: Against the background of the spread of the omicron strain and after being discovered in about 11 countries in the world, Abdul Karim, an expert in infectious diseases from South Africa, said today (Monday) that “soon there will be 10,000 verified omicrons a day”, adding that closing the borders between countries Almost a benefit.
According to Karim, the new variant of the corona virus was first detected in Botswana and then in South Africa, and based on what we know it can be expected to be resistant to a serious illness that leads to hospitalization. He added that “the current treatments given to corona patients should also be effective in dealing with the omicron strain.”
The expert further noted that doctors and researchers do not currently have enough data to say whether clinically the new strain is more violent and deadly than the other known strains. He stressed that the variant could be expected to have the ability to change and that some of the antibodies could “escape”, he said.
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