The Omicron strain and 10 other subtypes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are currently spreading on the territory of Ukraine.
In Ukraine, the number of cases of complications caused by the coronavirus disease is growing. This was announced on Wednesday, March 22, by the press service of the Ministry of Health.
According to the Chief State Sanitary Doctor Ihor Kuzin, the Omicron strain and 10 other subtypes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus are now spreading in Ukraine.
“For us, the situation of the emergence and repair of the subtype Omicron HVV 1.5, better known as Kraken, is dangerous. This strain is characterized by the rapid transmission of infection from person to person. people will get sick with the coronavirus disease,” he said.
To avoid complications from the disease, Kuzin urged Ukrainians to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
He noted that so far 15.5 million people in Ukraine have been vaccinated with two doses, and only 3.1 million people had the first booster dose, and only more than 260 thousand people had two booster doses of vaccination.
In turn, the infectious disease doctor, chairman of the National Technical Expert Group on Immunoprophylaxis Fyodor Lapiy pointed out that vaccination cannot guarantee a person complete protection against the virus, but, as he noted, it makes the disease not too bad
“We see a steady increase in the incidence of COVID-19 – about 15 thousand confirmed cases last week. The number of hospitalizations due to COVID-19 and deaths are also increasing – up to 100 deaths every week,” he explained. .
According to Lapiy, of those who died from this disease, 85% were aged 65 and over.
It will be recalled that in 2021, the United States declared a report on the origin of COVID-19, which stated that China did not know about SARS-CoV-2 before the first outbreak of COVID-19 began.
The WHO announced a significant reduction in deaths from COVID
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Source: korrespondent
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