The Omicron 5 infection curve is constantly rising. Italy and the countries of the world are unable to get rid of Covid although the hospitals are able to withstand the blow.
The Director General of Prevention of the Ministry of Health Rezza clarified the current situation in Italy with reference to the diffusion of Omicron 5.
For several weeks the cases have been increasing and the Omicron 5’s contagiousness is becoming relevant. Rezza affirms that the incidence in our peninsula is increasing rapidly even if the hospitals are able to stem the advance Covid. The years of the pandemic have led to a strengthening of hospitals and the vaccination campaign helps not to increase the number of patients suffering from severe symptoms that require hospitalization. The growth of the contagion curve can be read both in Italy and in France (200 thousand new cases in one day) and in other European countries. The trend is constantly monitored by the Ministry of Health, the Istituto Superiore di Sanità and the Regions and the conclusions are always the same. We must not let our guard down and preventive measures must be maintained especially in the case of large gatherings. In addition, Rezza suggests the second booster dose for the elderly and frail people.
Omicron 5 infections, let’s talk the numbers
The bulletin of the World Health Organization reported 4.6 million new cases in the week from June 27 to July 3, 2022. They are now 4 weeks that the trend of the curve grows steadily all over the world while the number of deaths has fortunately decreased by 12%, 8,100 victims reported.
The growth of Omicron infections was 29% in the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 20% in the Southeast Asian Region, 15% in the European Region and 4% in the Western Pacific Region. One registered 33% decrease in cases in the African Region and 18% in the Region of the Americas. Narrowing the field to the European region, the highest number of infections was recorded in France (more than 603 thousand new cases). Germany follows with 555,331 new cases e Italy with 511,037 new cases. In our country, then, there were 430 deaths.
Contagiousness is scary
The mutation of the virus allowed it to become more resistant and contagious. Omicron 5 tolerates heat and infects faster despite symptoms lasting for fewer days. Ignoring the potential dangers, those who continue to carry out their usual life despite being infected risk infecting between twenty and twenty-five people. This was stated by the head of infectious diseases in Cona Libanore. The greatest dangers are linked, of course, not to healthy people who will be able to recover from Covid in a few days with mild symptoms but to fragile subjects that in case of hospitalization risk more serious consequences. Furthermore, the vaccines were created based on the first variants and do not cover Omicron 5. In addition, those who have been on the booster dose for more than six months are much less covered than those who finished administering the vaccines in the spring. To complicate the situation, then, the resistance of the variant to heat. This means that he will keep us company – in spite of ourselves – for the whole summer.