Scientists in the UK warned that two doses of Covid vaccine are not enough against the latest coronavirus variant Omicron.
Initial analyzes of the Omicron and Delta variants in the country show that the vaccines are less effective against the last variant. The third dose of vaccine provides up to 75 percent protection against the variant.
The UK Health Safety Unit emphasized that vaccines are critical to ensure good protection against the severe Covid disease, which requires treatment in hospitals.
BBC Health and Science Correspondent James Gallagher reported that scientists examined 581 Omicron and thousands of Delta variants before their final analysis of how effective the vaccines were.
As a result of the research, it was determined that the efficacy rate of a single dose of Oxford-AstraZeneca and two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against the Omicron variant was significantly reduced.
The UK Health Safety Unit has calculated that the Omicron variant will make up the majority of coronavirus cases in the country by mid-December, and under current conditions, more than 1 million people will be infected by the end of the month.
Authorities urged the public to quickly complete their vaccinations first if they have not received two doses of the vaccine.
Health Minister Sajid Javid said that the latest data revealed the importance of booster doses of vaccines.
The number of people who have received a booster dose of Covid vaccine so far in the country has exceeded 22 million.
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The number of daily cases approached 60 thousand
On the other hand, 58,194 coronavirus cases were found in the last 24 hours in the United Kingdom, which consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This was the highest daily number released in the country since 9 January.
In the UK, it was announced that 120 people died in the last 24 hours as a result of the Covid-19 disease caused by the virus.
448 more cases of Omicron variant were detected in the country, the number of cases of new coronavirus variant increased to 1265.