WHO: the omicron variant of the coronavirus represents “a very high risk” for the world

The new one omicron variant of the coronavirus presents “a very high risk” for the world, warned this Monday the World Health Organization (WHO) underlining that there are still many unknowns about this variant, especially about the real danger it represents.

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“So far, no deaths associated with the omicron variant have been registered”said the WHO in a technical document published this Monday, in which he also gives advice to the authorities to try to stop his progress.

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“Given the mutations that could give it the ability to escape an immune response, and give it an advantage in terms of transmissibility, the probability that omicron will spread worldwide is high”, indicates the organization, while expanding the list of countries where the variant has been detected after the first cases occurred in southern Africa this November.

“Depending on these characteristics, there could be future covid-19 peaks, which could have severe consequences (…)” adds the WHO, which as of Friday described the variant as “worrying.”

The unknowns about this variant remain numerous, however, the organization warns: its contagiousness, and whether it is inherent to the mutations found or to the fact that the variant eludes the immune response; the level of protection of vaccines against coronavirus existing, and the severity of the disease, that is, if the variant causes more severe symptoms.

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