There is no evidence that the BA.5 subvariant of the novel coronavirus causes more severe infections of Covid-19, but as the Omicron variant is more transmissible and the number of cases is higher, the level of hospitalizations and deaths is increasing, said Dr. . Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CNN .
Fauci indicated that the US is seeing between 300 and 400 deaths a day, which “is not as bad as the 3,000 a day we had several months ago, but it’s still an unacceptably high level of deaths and hospitalizations.”
“So we have to do better than we currently are and that’s not happening, because there are fewer hospitalizations than there were months ago and there’s this feeling that it’s normal and acceptable to have this rate of infection. Is not. We have to do better,” she said.
The expert emphasized the importance of interventions such as testing, keeping up to date on Covid-19 vaccines and wearing a mask when recommended to reduce the chances of Covid-19 replicating and mutating in the community.
“By slowing the circulation of the virus in the community through vaccination, booster shots and mask use where appropriate, and testing to keep infected people separate, you reduce the likelihood of getting new variants,” Fauci said.
“Regarding vaccines, it’s important that you get them and not just a booster, but as there are more variants, we’ll update the next level of booster shots so that when we get to the fall, it’s very likely that we’ll have an updated vaccine, which best suits the variant circulating at that time”.
Source: CNN Brasil
