"Just like previous variants, Omicron is hospitalising people and it is killing people."

 

Omicron may be less severe in young and old, but not 'mild' - WHO https://t.co/v8WYUsuErY pic.twitter.com/BT4ZGa0V9x

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 "While Omicron does appear to be less severe compared to Delta, especially in those vaccinated, it does not mean it should be categorised as mild," director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at the same briefing in Geneva.

"Just like previous variants, Omicron is hospitalising people and it is killing people."

 WHO adviser Bruce Aylward said 36 nations had not even reached 10 percent vaccination cover. Among severe patients worldwide, 80% were unvaccinated, he added.

デルタほど重くないが軽症とはいえない。重症になる８割はワクチン未接種。

世界中の人がワクチン接種する必要がある、と。