Comprehensive Reuters, Sky News reported on the 13th, the British health minister Saeed Javid said on the 13th that the Aumechon variant is spreading at an "alarming speed", which may account for about 40% of all infection cases in London. He called for people to be given a booster shot against COVID-19 because the population with two doses of the vaccine is still vulnerable.
Screenshot of the Reuters report
British Health Minister Saeed Javid said in an interview with Sky News on the 13th: "What we know about Opmy Kerong now is that ... It's spreading at an alarming rate, something we've never seen before, doubling the number of infections every two to three days. This means we are facing a wave of infections and we are once again in a race between vaccines and viruses. ”
According to Javid, there are currently no confirmed deaths of the Aumi kerong variant in the UK, with only 10 hospitalized cases, but the Aumi kerong may already account for about 40% of infections in London.
On the 12th, the British people lined up to get the new crown vaccine (Source: Reuters)
He said that although the symptoms of infection with Omi kerong may be mild, if the base of infected people is large, there are still a large number of patients who need to be hospitalized. The rapid spread of Omiqueron means that unless the government takes action, the health system can be overwhelmed. He added: "Two doses (of the COVID-19 vaccine) are not enough, but three doses are still very good at preventing symptomatic infections. "The UK government must therefore expedite the vaccination of the COVID-19 booster, which is expected to ensure that all adults have the opportunity to receive the booster by the end of this month."
Sayyid Javid (Source: Reuters)
Javid said on Dec. 9 that the Aumechjong strain was spreading rapidly in Communities in the UK, and that 1 million people could be infected with the new variant by the end of this month, He said.
The United Kingdom reported 1239 new cases of confirmed infection with the Omiljung strain on the 12th, so that the cumulative number of cases infected with this mutant strain in the United Kingdom rose from 1898 cases on the 11th to 3137 cases, an increase of 65%.
Since the discovery of the first case of the Olmikron variant in the UK on 27 November, the UK government has been tightening restrictions, upgrading the COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control level from Level 3 to Level 4 on the 12th, suggesting the rapid spread of the epidemic and the increased risk of pressure on the medical system. British Prime Minister Johnson said on the 12th that the "wave" of Omicron is coming, and announced that the new crown vaccine will be provided to all adults aged 18 and above in the UK by the end of the year.
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