“It does not seem to cause worse diseases, but it is more contagious”
Contagion data in chiaroscuro a San Marino: if on the one hand the number of active positives increases, on the other, hospitalizations decrease. I’m 346 people with the virus Right now. 38 the new infections. 11 to 9 i hospitalized in the hospital. Meanwhile, internationally, the focus is on the new variant XE of the Coronavirus. Based on the first available data, explains the virologist Fabrizio Pregliasco, “It doesn’t seem to cause any worse disease, but it is more contagious of Omicron 2 “.
Meanwhile, the Undersecretary for Health It costs hypothesizes to introduce the obligation to wear a mask indoors in “recommendation”, but the places where it will be necessary to wear it are evaluated. For Pregliasco, any slackening must be accompanied by responsibility in behavior, maintenance rules such as the use of protective devices in situations of riskespecially for fragile subjects.
And it is likely that, with the return of winter, there will be a voluntary vaccine booster for more vulnerabilities. “The data – continues Pregliasco – tell us that vaccines, albeit with lesser ability, as for Omicron, to avoid infection, instead damage good coverage to avoid heavier forms of the disease.
In the report, the interview with the virlogo Fabrizio Pregliasco