Cape Town Mendelso Hospital professor: vaccination will help against omicron strain omicron-strain of coronavirus. He stressed in an interview with REN TV that only vaccination will help against him.
“At the moment, nothing has changed, the main advice, the main way to prevent the spread of the pandemic is vaccination. This is the first element of prevention. A good vaccine is only a vaccine in someone's shoulder, not on the shelf, “the specialist said.
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He added that vaccinations are the foundation of herd immunity. The professor recalled that the omicron strain, like others, is transmitted through the air, therefore it is necessary to maintain social distance, mask mode and, if possible, open windows so that the air circulates in the room.
Mendelso advised those who felt themselves bad, to isolate and wait for the test results, thus you can minimize the risk of spreading the infection.
The professor did not rule out that the strain may evade the immune system, which will increase the number of re-infected people. At present, it is not known how difficult the recurrence of the disease is, but existing vaccines effectively protect against severe disease, hospitalizations and deaths.
Earlier, the head of Rospotrebnadzor Anna Popova said that all vaccines available in Russia against COVID-19 effective against the omicron strain of the coronavirus. She added that PCR testing, which is being carried out in Russia, is also capable of identifying a new strain. According to the latest estimates, no omicron-strain of coronavirus has been detected in Russia.
On November 11, a new strain of coronavirus under the code B.1.1.529 was detected in South Africa. The first cases of infection were registered on November 24.