With the number of infected people rising With the new mutator Today, the World Health Organization renewed its emphasis on the need to adhere to all procedures, including ventilation, and not to sit for long in closed spaces, because this behavior contributes to the transmission of infection.
The organization also revealed the existence of a set of factors and reasons behind the spread of Omerkrone, including mutations carried by the mutant and increased social mixing.
adhesion to human cells
The head of the technical team in the Emergency Diseases Unit of the World Health Organization, Maria Van Kerkhove, said that Omicron is spreading very quickly among people for several reasons, the first of which is the mutations carried by the mutant that allow it to attach to human cells more easily.
She also indicated, according to a statement distributed by the World Health Organization, that “the so-called immune escape, that is, the possibility of recurrence of infection among those who were previously infected and those who were vaccinated.”
She added, “Another reason is that we are witnessing a proliferation of omicron in the upper respiratory tract, and it differs in this from Delta and other mutant corona.”
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But she stressed that, in addition to all these factors, the spread of the virus is also associated with increased mixing of people and spending more time in closed places in the winter in the northern hemisphere, and not adhering to preventive measures, such as physical distancing.
“The general public should only care regarding reducing their exposure to the virus, and feel that they have some ability to control the infection,” she added.
It is noteworthy that the world organization had announced that regarding 9.5 million new cases of Covid 19 were recorded last week, which is a record number, an increase of 71% over the previous week.
