While the World Health Organization (WHO) has no information on deaths associated with the infection of Omicron-strain coronavirus. However, vaccine producers from COVID-19 should be prepared to “update” the composition of drugs to protect against new mutation. This was stated by the representative of WHO Christian Lindmayer, quotation leads Reuters.
“It would not be good to wait for the last call,” he noted.
December 2, Australian scientists and doctors also noted that while severe cases of the disease among the coronavirus infected omicron-strain were not fixed in the country. This indicates that it should not be considered more dangerous than other varieties of infection. But the lack of evidence of the risk of Omicron strain does not mean that he is completely harmless. In addition, while scientists did not find out how the existing vaccines against COVID-19 will cope with a new variety of virus.