COVID-19: The risk of being reinfected is 5.4 times more important with omicron than with Delta, according to a study

The risk of reinfection with the omicron variant is 5.4 times higher than with the Delta variant, advances a study by the Imperial College of London reported by Reuters on Friday December 17, also ensuring that no proof that I have agravity lower than that of Delta has not been found.

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"We have found no evidence that Micron has a different severity of Delta", for hospitalized or only symptomatic cases, says the study.Also according to the Imperial College, the protection that a covid infection gives against the omicron variant would only be 19%.

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"Omicron poses a serious threat to public health"»

The researchers also studied the risks of developing Symptoms of Omicron despite a vaccination with two or three doses: by comparing their results at the effectiveness rate announced in the face of the Delta variant, they concluded that the effectiveness of two doses ofPfizer or Astrazeneca was between only 0 and 20%, and between 55 and 80% for the third dose.

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"This study shows once again how Omicron escapes the immunity conferred by an infection or a complete vaccination, write the researchers in a press release.Omicron poses a serious and imminent threat to public health.»»

The data of this study, which remain limited, are based on the PCR tests of 333.000 positive people in the COVID in the United Kingdom between November 29 and December 11, including 122.062 Positive to the Delta variant and 1846 to the omicron variant.