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Recent policy changes have learned that the cochemian pandemic finally moved. Only last weeks have seenMandate air travelers mask abandoned as many citiesDelete vaccine requirements For activities such as indoor meals. Unfortunately, however, the figures paint a somewhat different image: the daily average for new infections is up 50% in the past two weeks to May 3, according to data fromThe New York Times.

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Now, managers of certain large cities nervously look at cases recommending to increase. May 3,New York City was high in the category of risk of transmission "green" in terms of the average "yellow" risk as the daily infections increased thanks to the continuous propagation of the very contagious omicron variant. Such changes in the virus trajectory could ultimately lead to the return of specific public health measures.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

But on a larger scale, some experts already warn that there are many evidence that another wave of styled cases could be about to spread around the world. According to a new South African study published on April 29, which has not yet been evaluated by peers, the newBa.4 and ba. 5 Omicron subsovariants have proven to be able to infect vaccinated patients who previously contracted the disease, showing a triple decrease in the neutralization of the production of antibodies against the last versions of the virus. Results have also revealed that non -vaccinated patients infected previously by the original omicron variant saw a drop of eight timesNeutralize the production of antibodies against infection of the latest viral ramifications,Bloomberg reports.

"The low levels of absolute neutralization for BA.4 and BA.5, especially in the non -vaccinated group, are probably not well protected against symptomatic infection," concluded the researchers. "This may indicate that, on the basis of the escape of neutralization, BA.4 and BA.5 have a potential to lead to a new wave of infection."

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However, the research team was also able to draw positive conclusions, in particular by identifying the types of peopleLowest risk of serious illness. "If you have been vaccinated and you had omicron, your protection is decent, at least against a serious illness,"Alex Sigal, the main author of the study and professor at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa, saidFortune. "If someone is protected, it should be these people."

Sigal also clarified that even if there will probably be an increase in the case, it does not expect it to be a wave as important as the previous overvoltages of the virus, thanks to the high number of previous infections in the world population. He also clarified that he was little likely to be "a very serious wave in terms of the seriousness of the disease" thanks to thishigh level of public immunity.

And while patients have always reported familiar symptoms such as loss of odor and fatigue as among the most common with the last subvariant, Sigal said that more serious effects seemed less common. "I have not seen early symptoms of respiratory distress, the main symptom specific to the cocovan that makes this disease so dangerous," he saidFortune. "It doesn't feel good, but there is less chance of dying."

Until now, the data seems to support Sigal's prediction. April 29Waasila Jassat, a specialist in public health at the National Institute of Transmitted Diseases in South Africa, said that a recent increase in hospitalizations in the country was only equaled by any significant increase in deaths due to the virus,Bloomberg reports.

In the end, Sigal says that although subv. subvints such as BA.4 and BA.5 will create problems in the future, the idea of ​​a new very contagious or virulent variant remains the most disturbing perspective for him. "They are not so different from what was there before. They will not do a lot of damage even if they could do a lot of infection," said SigalFortune . "When I see something completely different, that's when it is time to really worry."

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