Omikron is breaking records in Slovakia. The laboratory reports a positivity of up to 54 percent
We are standing in line in front of the collection center in Dúbravka, Bratislava. The composition of the crowd is monotonous. Parents and children of school age. Gradually, a mother or father comes to the window. Subsequently, the child undergoes a gargle examination.
This situation, which HN is convinced of, corresponds to the situation in the whole country. More than half of the positive weeks according to the PCR kits last are under the age of 40. The teenagers form a whole group and are immediately followed by the thirties.
Rocket growth
The new mutation thus apparently attacks the most mobile first. And the workers and their descendants. Since the state does not limit them with a lockdown, the extremely infectious variant is skyrocketing. At the same time, however, it does not send people to hospitals yet. This fulfills the forecast from other countries that there are similar hopes and even flu vaccinated for the vaccinated and overtaken.
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