WHO bell: Vaccination and remasking necessary – BA.5 subvariant predominates

The regional manager for Europe of World Health Organization, Hans Kluge, points to the need to speed up vaccination and the return of the mask for European countries to avoid the need to take stricter measures in autumn and winter.

In an interview with Reuters, Hans Kluge calls on the countries of Europe to take action now to prevent burdening health systems as Omicron’s BA.5 sub-variant gains ground.

About three million news outbreaks of Covid were recorded in the European region last week, accounting for half of all cases worldwide. The number of hospital admissions has doubled over the same period and around 3,000 people die from the disease every week, according to Hans Kluge.

“There is an increase in cases at a time when society is functioning almost as before,” he said, underscoring the need for pandemic stabilizers to act, such as the second booster dose of vaccine, before the arrival of updated vaccines in the fall, as well as the promotion of mask use. and ventilation.

These pandemic stabilization measures should be implemented now to avoid tougher measures, he warned. “I don’t think society is ready for a lockdown,” he said, according to Reuters.

Source: News Beast

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