According to Fars News Agency’s health correspondent, Hamid Souri, head of the Corona Prevention and Health Working Group on the Tehran Radio Salamat program, said about viral mutations: “We must accept virus mutations as a general principle and the formation of new strains of the virus to survive against action.” Human beings happen. Some of these strains do not have much effect on changing the pattern of the epidemic, but some are similar to Emicron, which the World Health Organization warns everyone about.
He asked if the available vaccines could affect omicrone. “Over time, the resistance of the virus to vaccines based on previous strains has increased and the effectiveness of vaccines has diminished,” he said.
“The effect of the vaccine is less against this strain, but people who have been vaccinated with two or three doses are still more resistant than those who have not been vaccinated, and there is a risk of death and hospitalization,” Suri said. They are less.
The head of the Corona Prevention and Health Working Group criticized the fact that we do not have a regular and planned care system to look for new strains of the virus, saying: “For this reason, we can not provide specific evidence as to whether this strain has entered the country or not.” General evidence suggests that there are likely to be cases of this type in Iran but have not been reported. Samples are taken sparsely enough to detect Amicron cases.
He described the most important difference between Omicron and other strains as follows: The number of mutations on the spike of this strain is very high and it has more mutations than the previous strains, especially the delta. People with coronary artery disease are more likely to get re-infection and appear to have a higher rate of transmission, with reports from Africa showing that the number of cases has doubled in a week. Its spread in the UK is also higher than in Africa, and it has been reported in about 25 European countries. There have also been reports of Omicron strains from nearby countries such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan.
“Although the mortality and severity of this virus is not very high, but when the number of infected people increases, the number of deaths and hospitalizations increases proportionally, and on the other hand, the burden of the disease increases in the society,” he said. And many people are not able to function normally for a while.
The head of the Corona Prevention and Health Working Group dismissed the issue as saying that the Omicron strain was not very worrying, saying: “It’s worrying, it has not yet reached the threatening stage. The World Health Organization ranks are based on the severity of the disease and the severity of warnings. This route is still in the alert phase and has not entered the threatening phase, which is why countries have been warned to increase restrictions and monitor international travel and passenger arrivals and departures, as well as advising people to take protective measures. Intensify.
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