Omicron 5, the new symptoms and the fourth dose not working as expected. Bassetti’s forecasts for the autumn that awaits us

The diffusion of Omicron 5more contagious and with new symptoms compared to the Wuhan strain. But what is the effectiveness of vaccines and in particular of the recall on the new variant of Covid? “There fourth dose against variants it does not work as previously thought. – says Matteo Bassetti, director of the Infectious Diseases Clinic of the San Martino Polyclinic in Genoa – Making the traditional two-year-old vaccine doesn’t need much at this point. We might as well wait for the updated vaccine ».

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