Omicron responsible for one in three contamination in Paris
“More than one in three contamination (with Covid-19) seems to be linked to the Omicron variant” in Paris in view of the screenings carried out, said Tuesday, December 21, Gabriel Attal. Covid-19 incidence rate reached “Once again a record” in France, to 537 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, he said.
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“Omicron is coming to our country” and if he finds out “10% of contaminations this weekend, we are probably beyond today and far beyond in certain regions, in particular in Ile-de-France, in particular in Paris”, declared the spokesperson of the government after an interview of Prime Minister Jean Castex with the associations of local elected officials.
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“ If we see that there is a very strong resumption of the epidemic linked to the Omicron variant, we will go longer ”, warned the government spokesperson on Tuesday. For the time being, the government is banking on vaccination. But it remains to be seen whether the serums currently used will be as effective on Omicron as on Delta. I do not have “No answer yet” to the question of whether the Omicron variant of the coronavirus which is sweeping the United States and Europe requires a suitable vaccine, announced on Tuesday the director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Emer Cooke.
“Let me stress that there is not yet an answer to the question of whether we will need a suitable vaccine, with a different composition, to fight this variant or any other”, she declared to the press.
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“We need to have more data on the impact of the variant on the efficacy of approved vaccines, and to gather additional evidence” the action of current vaccines, to prevent severe or milder forms of the disease as well as hospitalizations and deaths, she added.
Emer Cooke pointed out that with five vaccines and six drugs against Covid-19, “We are in a much stronger position than last year”.