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    Omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate and Covid jabs are becoming less effective, WHO warns

    AdmincryptBy AdmincryptDecember 15, 2021No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate and current Covid vaccines are becoming less effective, WHO warns

    • WHO said the Covid-19 vaccine still provides ‘significant protection’ from virus
    • Omicron is now spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said
    • He said Omicron, now reported in 77 countries, should not be dismissed as mild 

    By Rachael Bunyan For Mailonline

    Published: 08:26 GMT, 15 December 2021 | Updated: 09:13 GMT, 15 December 2021

    Omicron is spreading at an unprecedented rate and the current Covid-19 vaccines appear to be slightly less effective in preventing severe disease and death, the World Health Organisation has warned. 

    But the WHO has said that the vaccine still do provide ‘significant protection’ from the virus.

    The variant first detected in South Africa and Hong Kong last month has now been reported by 77 countries and is probably present in most worldwide, but should not be dismissed as ‘mild’, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.

    ‘Omicron is spreading at a rate we have not seen with any previous variant,’ Tedros told an online briefing. ‘Even if Omicron does cause less severe disease, the sheer number of cases could once again overwhelm unprepared health systems.’

    The variant first detected in South Africa and Hong Kong last month has now been reported by 77 countries and is probably present in most worldwide, but should not be dismissed as 'mild', WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (pictured) said

    The variant first detected in South Africa and Hong Kong last month has now been reported by 77 countries and is probably present in most worldwide, but should not be dismissed as ‘mild’, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (pictured) said 

    The UK Covid alert level was raised from level 3 to level 4 after the UK reported another 1,239 confirmed cases of the Omicron variant 

    ‘Evolving evidence suggests a small decline in the effectiveness of vaccines against severe disease and death, and a decline in preventing mild disease or infection,’ he said without giving specifics.

    Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine has been less effective in South Africa at keeping people infected with the virus out of hospital since the Omicron variant emerged last month, a real-world study published on Tuesday showed.

    Mike Ryan, WHO’s emergencies director, said that the vaccines are not failing and do provide significant protection against severe disease and death.

    ‘The question is how much protection are the current vaccines that we are using, which are currently life-saving against all the variants, and to what extent do we lose any protection against severe illness and death against Omicron. The data is pointing towards there being significant protection.’

    An 11-year-old girl receives a vaccine against Covid-19 in Amagar, Denmark on November 28

    An 11-year-old girl receives a vaccine against Covid-19 in Amagar, Denmark on November 28

    Ryan said the peak of this wave of infections remains ‘a number of weeks’ away given the very rapid spread of the Omicron variant, which has outpaced the dominant global strain Delta.

    Vaccine booster shots can play a role in curbing the spread of COVID-19 as long as people most in need of protection also get access to jabs, Tedros said.

    ‘It’s a question of prioritisation. The order matters. Giving boosters to groups at low risk of severe disease or death simply endangers the lives of those at high risk who are still waiting for their primary doses because of supply constraints.

    ‘On the other hand, giving additional doses to people at high risk can save more lives than giving primary doses to those at low risk,’ he said.

    Tedros noted that the emergence of Omicron had prompted some countries to roll out COVID-19 booster programmes for their entire adult populations, even while researchers lack evidence for the efficacy of boosters against this variant.

    ‘WHO is concerned that such programmes will repeat the vaccine hoarding we saw this year, and exacerbate inequity,’ he said.

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