A World Well being Group professional has mentioned that the omicron variant of Covid-19 impacts the higher a part of the physique and that the WHO is monitoring a brand new variant reportedly present in France.
“We’re seeing an increasing number of research stating that omicron is infecting the higher a part of the physique, in contrast to different ones,” mentioned Abdi Mahamud, the WHO incident supervisor for the pandemic.
Talking at a UN press convention on Tuesday, Mahamud defined that the omicron variant was completely different from others in that they hit the lungs and “had been inflicting extreme pneumonia.”
“We had an excellent variety of research proving once more … from South Africa that the vaccines nonetheless shield you in opposition to hospitalization, and extreme illness and demise,” mentioned the WHO physician.
“The problem has not been the vaccine, however the vaccination reaching weak populations.”
When requested a couple of new variant of the coronavirus reported from France, Mahamud mentioned: “B1640 has been beneath our radar from November, and we’ve been trying very carefully at that.”