The BA4, BA5 and X variants have also appeared in Europe, which are more infectious.
In the big cities, the amount of genetic material of the coronavirus in the sewage has increased, but it is also stagnant in the countryside and has not decreased anywhere, the national chief medical officer announced on the current channel M1.
Cecília Müller highlighted that the number of infected people is increasing every week in Europe and in Hungary. At the same time, the BA2 type of the omicron variant is still mostly infected here, but the BA4, BA5 and X variants have also appeared in 4-5 percent, which have become dominant in Europe, he said, drawing attention to the fact that these its infectiousness is higher.
The national chief medical officer called it particularly important that anyone who notices symptoms, such as throat scratching or sneezing, should contact their family doctor and not go out into the community, because it is easier to pass the infection on to others than in the previous variants. In the case of the new variants, many people complain of headaches - pointed out Cecília Müller.
He also talked about the fact that the new variants "evade" the vaccines to some extent, the vaccinated can also get infected, but they usually get over the disease more easily and do not end up in the hospital. Emphasizing the importance of vaccinations, he said that the fourth vaccination is recommended for the age group over 60 and chronic patients.
The government information portal announced on Wednesday that a total of 8,036 new infected people were confirmed in one week, bringing the total number of identified infected people to 1,940,824 since the beginning of the epidemic. Most of the 35 who died in the past week were old, chronic patients, so the number of those who died rose to 46,696. The number of people who have recovered is constantly increasing, currently 1,878,221 people, and the number of active infected people has increased to 15,907 people. Currently, 628 coronavirus patients are being treated in hospital, 16 of them are on ventilators.
We provide the aggregated data for the past week. The number of vaccinated people is 6,412,386, of which 6,199,431 people received the second, 3,885,874 people the third, and 307,965 people received the fourth vaccination.
The government continues to ensure the possibility of vaccination. You can go to hospital vaccination points on Fridays between 2 and 7 p.m. with or without an appointment. In addition, the vaccination can still be requested from the family doctor or family pediatrician.
Source: MTI / Magyar Hírlap
Photo: koronavirus.gov.hu
