COVID-19 Vaccines Still Proving Protective Against Omicron: WHO Chief Scientist

Mumbai: WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that it appears that COVID-19 “vaccines are proving to be still protective” against the Omicron variant.

She pointed out its “severity has not surged to a new level” even though infections are going up exponentially in many countries due to the Omicron variant.

Soumya Swaminathan also emphasized that the Omicron variant is infecting both vaccinated and unvaccinated people across the world and urged everyone to get a job against COVID-19.

WHO Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan has said that vaccines are still proving effective against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) as she pointed out its “severity has not surged to a new level” even though infections are going up exponentially in many countries due to the Omicron variant.

Soumya Swaminathan also emphasized that the Omicron variant is infecting both vaccinated and unvaccinated people across the world and urged everyone to get a job against COVID-19.

Swaminathan said information about omicrons is still emerging and it is still too early to draw definitive conclusions, but the studies point to a lack of neutralization potential. She said that people who have been vaccinated and who have been infected before are still getting infected with Omicron.

“That is why the numbers that we are seeing around the world today are extremely high because these infections are occurring in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people. However, it appears that vaccines are proving to be still protective because even though the numbers are going up exponentially in many countries severity of the disease has not surged to a new level,” she added.

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