The risk of hospitalization with Omicron is three times lower than with Delta - research

The risk of hospitalization in case of infection with the Omicron-Summum Covid-19 is three times lower than the same probability in case of infection with delta-stamp. This is with reference to the results of the study of the Security Agency in the field of healthcare of Great Britain (UKHSA) is reported on December 31 by Reuters .

The first results of the analysis of Omcron's disease in the country UKHSA reported a week ago - and even then the agency announced the established fact of a lower risk of getting into the hospital.

New data clarify and expand this conclusion: if previous conclusions were made on the basis of a study of only 132 cases of the disease, then on December 31 - based on a study of more than a million cases recorded in the UK in recent weeks before the New Year.

The country currently continues the outbreak of Omcrona, more contagious than all previous massively common strains. Despite this, the number of hospitalizations and employed by patients of the COVID-19 devices is not growing as rapidly as in the previous waves of the pandemic.

The fact that Omicron is three times less dangerous in terms of the severity of coronavirus than Delta, UKHSA analysts were established on the basis of a study of 528,176 cases of the first and 573 012 - second. Experts of the relevant statistical unit of Cambridge University also helped to process the data.

The new study made the previous thesis more optimistic about the low efficiency of existing vaccines in relation to Omicron. “According to our analysis, the risk of hospitalization is lower after two or three doses of the vaccine. Compared to unevaccitted people, people who have vaccinated three vaccinations reduce their own chances of being in the hospital by 81%, ”the authors of the study noted.

The main expert of UKHSA Susan Hopkins in the comment of Reuters noted that the reports of the report are encouraging, but the scale of the pandemic remain critical for the British healthcare system. “It is still too early to draw unequivocal conclusions about the danger of this strain, its high contractions and the growing number of cases of disease among the population over 60 years mean that the load on the healthcare system will remain significant in the coming weeks,” concluded Hopkins.