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The Prime Minister Boris Johnson has again called on the people of the United Kingdom to come for the commemorative dose of the coronavirus vaccine, pointing out the threat posed by the Omicron variant.
In a press conference from Downing Street, Mr Johnson said coronavirus hospital admissions had increased by 10% on a weekly basis nationwide, but noted that admissions of patients from the most vulnerable ages were declining as the delivery program began to pay off. of the booster dose, which now covers 43% of the population (aged 12 and over).
He thanked the people queuing up these days for the third installment and the NHS health staff, who delivered more than 650,000 boosters on Tuesday alone.
“We are throwing everything at Omicron to slow its spread,” said the British prime minister, who also said that from the weekend there would be mass vaccination centers at football stadiums such as Wembley and Stamford Bridge in Looney and Broad. Leeds.
The chief physician of England, Professor Chris Whitey, who accompanied the Prime Minister, noted regarding the treatments that 160 per 100,000 are for the unvaccinated and 40 per 100,000 are vaccinated in two doses.
He noted, however, that this ratio would erode with the launch of Omicron, with protection from the two doses of the vaccine gradually declining.
Professor Whity even spoke of two simultaneous epidemics, the Delta which is stable and the growing Omicron.
He noted that the proportion of cases in Omicron is increasing not because the cases of Delta are decreasing, but because those of the new variant are increasing.
He referred to the record of 78,610 cases of COVID in a day that was announced on Wednesday and warned that with Omicron “the records will be broken a lot in the coming weeks”. He estimated that the large number of hospitalizations will begin to take shape immediately after Christmas.
Boris Johnson, however, defended the decision not to take tougher measures against Omicron, saying he believed he had chosen “the right approach” by prioritizing the boost dose while maintaining uncertainty about the new variant.
Professor Whitey added that it is not easy to make strong medical recommendations until the severity of Omicron’s disease is known.
He said, however, that “one does not need a medical degree” to understand that one should choose to abstain from social gatherings that are not a priority.
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