Japanese scientists University of Kyoto came to the conclusion that the strain of Coronavirus SARS-COV-2 Omicron is transferred from a person to a person 4.2 times more often than delta option. This discovery can confirm the fears of specialists about the fact that the new form of the virus is the most contagious. It is reported by Bloomberg.
Researchers analyzed the data of the Coronavirus genome allocated in the residents of Gauteng Province in the north of South Africa. It turned out that the oomikron strain is easier to transmit it and at the same time it is better eludes from immunity, both natural and caused by vaccines. Nevertheless, the incidence leap caused by the new strain has not yet affected the hospitalization level, which gives grounds to believe that Omicron is transferred easier to the classic strain of coronavirus.
The results of the study of Japanese scientists have not yet passed the review and have not been published in scientific publications, notes Bloomberg.
The incidence in South Africa rapidly increased to almost 20 thousand per day since the country for the first time announced the opening of the Omicron strain. Prior to this, the number of COVID-19 cases in the country remained low, despite the fact that only 26 percent of the population were completely vaccinated.