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"Preliminary data from South Africa suggest an increased risk of reinfection variant of the

coronavirus

ómicron

, but more data needed to draw stronger conclusions ,

" said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the

WHO

.

"There is also evidence to suggest that

omicron

causes less severe symptoms than delta [currently the most widespread variant], but it is still too early to be sure," he added.

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WHO warns omicron variant of coronavirus has higher reinfection rate

Ómicron

appears to have a higher reinfection rate but cause milder symptoms, the World Health Organization (WHO) has stated, while

Pfizer and BioNTech

assured that their vaccine against

Covid-19

is "effective" against that variant after all. of three doses.

"Preliminary data from South Africa suggest an increased risk of reinfection by

omicron

, but more data is needed to draw stronger conclusions,"

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

cautiously stated

in a meeting with the press in Geneva.

"There is also evidence to suggest that

omicron

causes less severe symptoms than delta [currently the most widespread variant], but it is still too early to be sure," he added.

The laboratories

Pfizer and BioNTech

, for their part, insisted on the efficacy of their current vaccine against the omicron variant.

Those announcements were preceded by those of senior scientists from the WHO and the White House, who point out that a priori existing anticovid vaccines are still relevant against omicron, whose recent discovery in South Africa generated a wave of panic.

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