the 0micron variant across europe. what have you found so far? i think 0micron shows again it is not possible to fight covid 19 as a single country. we need coordination stop i think one of the common aspects we regularly see as countries are closing borders, trying to slow down the spread of omicron but if all countries within europe do thatjointly, if omicron sets foothold in one country, we find very soon in the other countries as well.- find very soon in the other countries as well. ~ ., ., , ., countries as well. what would you su: est? countries as well. what would you suggest? what countries as well. what would you suggest? what we countries as well. what would you suggest? what we suggest - countries as well. what would you suggest? what we suggest is - countries as well. what would you i suggest? what we suggest is firstly to co-ordinate suggest? what we suggest is firstly to co-ordinate and suggest? what we suggest is firstly to co-ordinate and find suggest? what we
the second point that one should consider is in case the vaccination is not as protective as it has been for the past variants, then low case numbers really have a clear advantage, because low numbers of omicron buys us time until we have a novel vaccination developed. we did have optimism from the researchers last week who were looking at the booster jabs, certainly here in the uk, these were british scientists at southampton university, who suggested that the boosterjabs were incredibly effective and that gave them optimism for the omicron variant. these are very promising results, however we really have to look into the details of the coming ten days about, so if that helps, it will definitely help now. in germany, we have a very high rate of boosterjabs at the moment, so that would be perfect timing to also prepare for omicron and prevent the severe course of omicron. there is still the vaccination gap,
who have not either been vaccinated or infected so they might have little protection, and if case numbers skyrocket among that population, it might put the health system under stress. hosea population, it might put the health system under stress. population, it might put the health system under stress. how worried are ou about system under stress. how worried are you about omicron system under stress. how worried are you about omicron because system under stress. how worried are you about omicron because in - system under stress. how worried are you about omicron because in the - you about omicron because in the last two weeks i have heard two south african experts, one of them discovered the variant and they did not seem unduly worried, they said the cases there are really mild, no one had been admitted to hospital and no one had died. taste one had been admitted to hospital and no one had died. one had been admitted to hospital and no one had died. we are slowly -auttin and no
said that extra funding was needed to ensure the advances gained over the last two years were not lost. she also warned that current vaccines may not be as effective against the new omicron variant. the truth is the next one could be worse. it could be more contagious or more lethal or both. we cannot allow a situation where we have gone through all we have gone through and then find that the enormous economic losses we have sustained mentor is still no funding for pandemic preparedness. the advances we have made in the knowledge we have gained must not be lost. the experts who responded rapidly and worked religiously in 2020 and 2021without him we would still be at the mercy of the virus must not now be asked to fade back into patient and underfunded obscurity. a number of european countries are now seeing increasing numbers of cases of the omicron variant. dr viola priesemann
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