China News Service, December 4 According to foreign media reports, on the 3rd local time, WHO stated that the Omi Keron strain has been detected in 38 countries and regions.

However, the chief scientist of the World Health Organization also urged people not to panic about the emergence of the Omi Keron strain, and said that it is too early to say whether the new crown vaccine must be modified to combat it.

Data map: September 27 news. Recently, South Africa sent a train carrying the new crown vaccine to one of its poorest provinces to deliver vaccines to areas with tight medical facilities.

This vaccine train, called Transvaco, travels for three months in the Eastern Cape and stops at each of seven stations for two weeks to vaccinate people.

　　Maria van Kokhov, the technical director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergency Program, said in a live Q&A on the organization’s social media channel: “We do see a growth rate, and we see an increasing number of Omi Keron cases detected. Many.” Related cases have been reported in at least 38 countries and regions in 6 regions under the WHO's jurisdiction.

　　At present, Omi Keron has "invaded" Asia, Africa, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe; many governments have tightened travel regulations to prevent the entry of the virus.

　　WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan said in an interview with Reuters on the same day that it is impossible to predict whether the Omi Keron strain will become the mainstream strain of the new crown.

　　Swami Nathan said that the correct response is to be prepared.

She said: "How worried should we be? We need to be prepared and act cautiously, not panic, because our situation is different now than a year ago."

　　She said, “Delta accounts for 99% of infections worldwide. This variant (Omi Keron) must be more transmissible in order to surpass the competition and become the dominant worldwide. It is possible. , But it is impossible to predict." It is too early to draw conclusions on the Omi Keron strain.

　　According to the New York Times, there are early signs that Omi Keron may only cause mild illness.

However, this observation is mainly based on young patients in South Africa, who are generally unlikely to develop severe illnesses due to the new coronavirus.

　　The president of the South African Medical Association, Dr. Angelie Couche, said that the country’s hospitals are not overwhelmed by patients infected with the new variant, and most hospitalized patients are not fully vaccinated.

In addition, most of the patients she met did not lose their sense of taste and smell, but only had a slight cough.

　　The report also said that vaccines are expected to provide some protection against Omi Keron because they can not only stimulate antibodies, but also stimulate other immune cells to attack cells infected by the virus.

Mutations in the spike protein will not weaken this response, and most experts believe that this response helps prevent severe illness and death.