No case of the infection of Omicron-strain coronavirus in Western Europe did not lead to the death of the patient. This was reported by the European Center for the Prevention and Control of Diseases.
According to the organization, by December 11, 732 cases of infection of Omicron-strain were revealed on the territory of the European Union and the European Economic Zone. Most patients who discovered an Omicron strain, in Denmark (195 people) and Norway (109 people).
In the overwhelming majority, the disease proceeded easily or without expressed symptoms. All patients who revealed an Omicron strain remained alive.
Similar figures on Friday, December 10, published the American Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to him, in the period from 1 to 8 December in the United States, 43 cases of infection of Omicron-strain revealed. Almost all patients suffered a disease easily. Hospitalization was needed only to one person, and he was discharged after two days.
The European Center for Prevention and Control Diseases urged with caution to refer to published data. The organization believes that the number of cases identified is not enough to assess the risk of Omicron strain compared to other options for the new coronavirus infection.
In early December, the World Health Organization stated that no case of the patient infected with Omicron-strain was not registered yet. By that time, this option was discovered in 38 countries around the world.
Earlier it was reported that the preliminary data received by scientists from the University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong, indicate a 32-fold drop in the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine in the case of an infection of Omicron-strain. The results of testing the effectiveness of the “satellite V” against the Omicron strain will appear within ten days, the head of the NIC epidemiology and microbiology named after Gamalei Alexander Ginzburg.