According to British media reports, the World Health Organization said on Friday (December 3) that the “Omi Keron” new crown variant has spread to 38 countries, but no deaths related to “Omi Keron” have been reported.
Previously, WHO had predicted that it may take “a few days to a few weeks” to determine the infectiousness of this strain, the severity of the disease, and the effectiveness of the vaccine. But the spread of this new variant has caused warnings that it may cause more than half of the new crown cases in Europe in the next few months.
International Monetary Fund President Kristalina Georgieva (Kristalina Georgieva) said on Friday that just like the Delta strain, the Omi Keron mutant strain may also slow the recovery of the global economy. The rapid spread of new variants will weaken confidence.”
The president of the Red Cross, Francesco Rocca (Francesco Rocca) said that the emergence of Omi Keron is evidence of the danger of inequality in global vaccination rates. He said: “The scientific community has repeatedly warned… the risk of extreme new variants in places where vaccination rates are very low.”
Uğur Şahin, CEO of BioNTech, which is cooperating with Pfizer to produce the new crown vaccine, said the company should be able to adjust the vaccine relatively quickly. He said that despite the mutation, the current vaccine should continue to provide protection against severe COVID-19. He said: “I believe in principle at some point in time, we will need a new vaccine to deal with this new variant. The question is how urgent it needs to be.”
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