Dr. Dorit Nitzan, who is in charge of emergency preparedness at the World Health Organization, spoke today (Wednesday) with Ben Caspit and Winon Magal about the jump in morbidity around the world – and about the new variant that has been identified.
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“The situation in most European countries is quite turbulent, in South Africa we are seeing a stabilization and in countries like the Americas and Southeast Asia there is a lot of flare-ups,” she said in a conversation on 103FM. “The omicron is spreading rapidly and can be seen in most countries.”
She was asked about the new sub-strain that came from Cameroon to the south of France – and explained: “The thing is, the strain that was discovered in Marseille and probably came from Cameroon, according to this hypothesis – this strain is not really omicron, with more mutations. It is not clear to us whether he is a grandson or great-grandson, but he is a sure relative. “
Dr. Nitzan stressed: “We hope that one of the future varieties will be the miracle of us all, at the moment the Omicron is hitting entire countries – health systems, trains, all essential services in an emergency because 15-10 percent of workers are sick. It is difficult, very difficult. “
She added: “It is chaos. When we look at it, it’s time to look globally and see this virus as a common enemy for all of us and to organize worldwide, because if we leave behind unvaccinated countries or unvaccinated populations, I’m not talking about a small number of people who are vaccinated but whole populations that are inaccessible and mostly “Among people with various diseases such as HIV or those that cause the virus to create mutations, I think we will not be able to get rid of it.”
It will not pass until we have treated the Third World countries?
“Exactly, the World Health Organization, and we all see where the new variants are emerging from a global perspective, and it is clear that they come from weak populations, in poor nutritional status, or among unvaccinated populations because they do not have access to vaccines. “Until we give up and engage in this war as a world war of ‘man against virus’, we will not succeed.”
The current wave has not passed in Europe?
“The wave did not pass in Europe but it will pass. Just what will come after him? ”