Omikron is the predominant Corona variant worldwide. Also in Denmark, which reported the highest average number of infections on Sunday that there has been in a period of seven days. In the past four days, around 20,000 people were infected here every day – a record in Europe.
Nevertheless, there is now good news from our neighboring country. The high-ranking epidemiologist Tyra Grove Krause, head of the state “Statens Serum Institut (SSI) “, told the Danish television broadcaster TV 2 that thanks to Omikron, the Covid pandemic in their country might be over in just two months.
For her statement, she cites a study by her institute, according to which the number of hospital stays due to the Omikron variant is only half as high as that of the Delta variant. Data from England, Canada, South Africa and Scotland would all point in one direction: Omikron will ensure a massive spread of the infection in the coming months. But: “When it’s over, we’ll be in a better position than before,” said Krause. And, according to Krause, that might be the case in two months.
Instead of initial fears that Omikron will prolong the pandemic because of the increased infection rate, the expert is more likely to assume that the mutation might free us from the pandemic.
Top epidemiologist Krause gives us Corona hope: “I think we will have our normal life back in two months.”
“Omikron will stay and ensure a massive spread of the infections in the coming months. When it’s over, we’re in a better position than before. ”Because the highly infectious Omicron variant is significantly milder than Delta, more people become infected without showing any serious symptoms and as a result, according to Krause, the population has a good level of immunity exist.
According to this, Omikron will reach its peak at the end of January, but: “In February we will experience falling infection pressure and a decreasing burden on the health system,” predicts the epidemiologist.
What was initially only observed in South Africa seems to be confirmed for European countries as well. The Omikron variant is highly contagious, but the gradients are milder than the Delta variant.
One current study from South Africa found that patients admitted to hospitals during the omicron-dominated fourth wave were 73 percent less likely to become seriously ill than patients admitted during the third wave. “The data is pretty solid as hospital admissions and sickness cases are now decoupled,” said Wendy Burgers, an immunologist at the University of Cape Town.
And Monica Gandhi, an immunologist at the University of California in San Francisco, is also hopeful. “The virus will always be with us, but my hope is that this variant will induce such strong immunity that it suppresses the pandemic,” she told the news channel “Bloomberg“.
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