“Existing vaccines are likely to provide some degree of protection against the severe course of COVID-19,” the press service quoted Fauci as saying.
He also noted that it will take about two more weeks to obtain final information on the severity and other characteristics of the omicron variant of the coronavirus.
The doctor stressed that booster vaccinations for vaccinated citizens provide the strongest available protection against the new coronavirus infection.
On November 25, it became known that scientists have identified a new strain of coronavirus in Botswana, South Africa and Hong Kong, which could potentially become the most dangerous.
Later it was designated by the Greek letter "omicron".
The head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said that scientists would collect all the necessary information about the new omicron coronavirus strain within two to three weeks.