United States and many other European countries It has seen the number of daily infections reach their highest level since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak. At the same time, the Omikron mutant is spreading rapidly.
On Monday, Dec. 27, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 441,278 new cases of the coronavirus, the highest reported daily transmission rate. U.S. infectious disease specialist Amesh Adalja Tell the BBC that the omikron mutant could escape immunity from the coronavirus vaccine. and will allow anyone to infect So we will see the number of infected people increase even more.
Although several studies have reported that the omikron mutant is not as severe as the Delta strain. But there is concern that the number of people who need to be hospitalized may be too high to handle. while the World Health Organization warned that the risk of this type of mutation “Still exists high”
A report released by the World Health Organization on Dec. 28 showed that the number of coronavirus cases of all strains in Europe rose 57 per cent in the week leading up to Dec. 26, while in the US by 30 per cent.
France expects to see daily infections in excess of two hundred thousand.fifty thousand
that same day France reports 179,807 new cases, the highest daily number of infections in Europe. But health minister Olivia Vervice warned that “Everything indicates” France will see a daily total of 250,000 confirmed cases in early January.
France is a country with a population of 67.2 million, and as of Dec 29, more than 23 million people had received their third dose of vaccine.
united kingdom With a population of 67.1 million, 129,471 new cases have been reported daily, although 32.6 million have received the 32.6 million vaccine. The third dose is urgently needed for vaccination. to make the New Year’s celebration go smoothly
Other European countries have also seen an increase in the number of daily new infections.
- Italy reports 78,000 new coronavirus cases daily, the highest record since the coronavirus outbreak. That has now caused 136,753 deaths in Italy.
- Portugal reports 17,172 new coronavirus cases daily
- Greece reports 21,657 new coronavirus cases daily
As for Thailand, as of December 29, 2,575 new cases were found, with 6.5 million people receiving syringe 3 vaccine from a population of 66.1 million, and the Department of Medical Sciences said that from November 1 to 28, Dec. December, there are 740 Omicron cases in Thailand, and the virus has spread to 33 provinces.
What are these statistics telling us?
Nick Trickle, BBC public health correspondent. This was explained when the omikron outbreak began in the UK. that there are main reasons
1 Because the omikron mutant is spreading rapidly. At the same time, the delta is not completely gone. That means the country is facing an outbreak of two virus strains at the same time. But the Omikron outbreak pattern is different from when Alpha replaced the first coronavirus to hit the UK. and unlike when the delta became the dominant strain in the epidemic
The possibility that the omikron could escape immunity to the coronavirus vaccine and from previous infections. This means that two different strains are likely to cause disease to the same person. And these two strains will spread simultaneously for some time before Omikron takes over the Delta. This depends on how well the population is immune from the vaccine and from infection.
2. The infection rate is fast and dangerous.
only in the UK Health officials have always said there will be more infections. by being an infected person who undergoes testing only But there are still people who haven’t checked. Therefore, the actual number of infections is likely to be greater than what the statistics say.
However, the number of infected people is declining as already seen in South Africa. Countries where omikron was found for the first time But before it decreases, it has to pass the peak first.
In Thailand, Dr. Anan Chongkaewwatana, a virologist Director of the Animal Health Innovation Research Group and the management of the National Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering and Technology (Biotech) said Thailand is likely to have a worryingly high number of daily infections. This is due to the fact that omikron mutants can spread exponentially quickly. and from the fact that most of the country’s population Still received only 2 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
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