Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Omi Kiron strain accounted for 2.9% of confirmed cases of new crown in the United States

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Omi Kiron strain accounts for 2.9% of confirmed cases of new crown in the United States

2021-12-15 07:21

Source: Securities Times

Author: Li Dan

Securities Times

Li Dan

2021-12-15 07:21

Securities Times.com, according to CCTV news, on December 14, local time, Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tweeted that the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention It shows that the new crown mutant virus Omi Kiron strain accounted for 2.9% of the confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States.

This figure is higher than 0.4% a week ago. In this regard, Volensky said that although early evidence shows that the Omi Kiron strain does not cause severe symptoms, it greatly weakens the ability of the two doses of the new crown vaccine to prevent infection. Volensky called on people who meet the conditions to get a booster shot of the new crown vaccine as soon as possible.

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