The Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) of the European Union shared Omicron variant data across EU countries. It was stated that there are a total of 582 Omicron cases in EU countries and there are no deaths related to Omicron yet. The ECDC also noted that it has detected signs that survivors are more resistant to Omicron.
CASE IN SOME COUNTRIES ARE NOT TRAVEL RELATED
The ECDC explained that initially reported Omicron cases were travel-related, but cases reported to the European Surveillance System (TESSy) have recently started to appear in non-travel-related local clusters. Accordingly, 22 (13 percent) of the Omicron cases were found to be through travel, and 121 (70 percent) of them were found to be local transmission. Among the Omicron countries that are not transmitted by travel; It was stated that Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Spain and Iceland are the cases and this is an indication that the disease will continue to be transmitted undetected.
SUCCESSFUL TO OMICRON
“However, there are also indications that virus inactivation with serum from infected individuals prior to full vaccination continues to be effective against this variant,” the ECDC said. However, he stressed that this indicator does not mean that the efficacy of the vaccine is ‘decreased’ against Omicron in patients with severe episodes. However, it was stated that this situation provides an indication that the effectiveness of the vaccine for prevention can be reduced, especially against transmission.
OMICRON TABLE BY EU COUNTRIES
ECDC has announced that there are cases of Omicron in 21 EU countries. Accordingly, among countries on a case-by-case basis; Austria (17), Belgium (30), Croatia (3), Czechia (5), Denmark (154), Estonia (15), Finland (9), France (59), Germany (28), Greece (3), Iceland (20), Ireland (6), Italy (13), Latvia (5), Liechtenstein (1), the Netherlands (36), Norway (109), Portugal (37), Romania (2), Spain (14) and Sweden (16).
OMICRON TABLE ON A GLOBAL BASIS
It has reported 1800 confirmed cases in 41 countries outside the EU, and these countries; Argentina, Australia, Bermuda (United Kingdom), Botswana, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Fiji, Ghana, India, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mexico, Namibia is Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Zambia and Zimbabwe. announced. It was emphasized that 2,382 cases of Omicron were reported in 62 countries around the world.
(DHA)