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ทางเข้า slotxonot be reinfected with the Omikron mutant, at least in the short term, top government medical adviser Joe Biden said. began to see a significant reduction in the number of infected cases in various areas which was most severely affected by this mutant.
"There is a re-infection seems impossible If you have a good immune response, at least for several months. It seems highly impossible for you to be reinfected with the same mutant,” said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. said during a press conference on Friday (Jan. 21).
Dr Fauci said cases of re-infection usually occur in people who have contracted one strain. and later infected with a different mutant species. However, he warned that the United States be prepared for In the "worst case", another new mutant may emerge. And it can evade immunity from vaccines and from previous infections.
"I hope it doesn't happen," he said. "I can't give you a number on how likely it is. But we need to be prepared for it.”
Dr. Fauci's opinion It came as Dr Rochelle Walenski, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said cases of coronavirus cases "dramatic decline" across the Northeast Among them included New York. Rhode Island and Connecticut
Valenski said the average new coronavirus case in the United States over a seven-day period was about 750,000 a day, down 5 percent from a week earlier. but around Record level
However, Valensky stressed that cases in different regions start at different times and maybe the US "High-level cases may still be seen in some parts of the country in the coming days and weeks," she said, warning cities and states. Don't be too quick to ease measures, including a mandatory mask order.
“Infectious cases are still very high. higher than the point where we will think about the release of various measures some of these," she said.