"We do not know how this particular member will behave in the autumn and winter months. "The virus mutation will be transmitted much more easily because we will be indoors." This was stated, among other things, in the Omega show, UPDATE NOW, by Dr. Petros Karagiannis, expressing his concern regarding the evolution of the pandemic in the coming months, while stressing that Cyprus cannot proceed with possible relaxations before the end of September.
In detail his statements:
«Maybe we passed the test on August XNUMXth. On the other hand, as far as the mutant strain of the virus is concerned, the incubation period is a little longer than we are used to. There is room for an increase in numbers but I hope we will avoid that as the days go by. There is a gradual improvement of the epidemiological picture, although the co-morbidity in several places was quite high at that time.
I hope that the number of new cases will start to fall. Of course yesterday the number of samples was not the same compared to the previous ones. So in conjunction with the ever-increasing vaccination coverage we keep emphasizing how important it is if we want to have a quieter Autumn with a limited number of cases that will mostly affect unvaccinated people.
In terms of possible relaxations the discussion is premature. We must continue with the current decrees until the end of September because with the opening of schools and university courses we must ensure that we do not have any upsurge. This will give us more time to increase our vaccination coverage and enter the colder months of the year with better omens.
We do not know how this strain will behave in the autumn and winter months. The mutation will be transmitted much more easily because we will be indoors.
The only way is to administer the third dose. "The recommendation of Coreper will probably move in this direction, although they will try to emphasize once again that vaccine doses need to be given to poorer countries as well."
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Source: Omega