This neighbor of France is preparing to classify the Covid as a simple flu – Sputnik international

This neighbor of France is preparing to classify the Covid as a simple flu

This neighbor of France is preparing to classify the Covid as a simple flu

As the new variant of the Omicron coronavirus spreads around the world, Spain is considering downgrading SARS-CoV-2 from pandemic to endemic disease as … 12.01.2022, Sputnik France

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In declaring in an interview with Cadena SER radio that the Spanish government plans to change its strategy to fight the coronavirus, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez stressed that this new virus will be treated “no longer as a pandemic, but as an endemic disease. “. Among other measures to treat Covid-19 as an endemic disease are the fact of no longer counting each case and no longer using the test for the slightest symptom. In the midst of an explosion in the number of infections, the government is working in the hope that from February they will start to decline after peaking in January. In addition, Pedro Sanchez has indicated that Spain plans to purchase 344,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine that same month. and WHO advance their opinions and warn As the Prime Minister puts forward this idea, structures such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) are calling for the caution about the spread of the virus.The head of bio-health threats and vaccine strategy at the EMA, Marco Cavaleri, expressed doubts about the need for continuous booster doses, for fear of “over-saturating the immune system with repeated vaccinations”, reports Spanish radio. On the other hand, he warned against treating Covid-19 like flu now. He recalled that the Omicron is “very contagious, therefore the number of infected people is high.” For his part, the person in charge of the management of the epidemic of Covid-19 at the WHO, Maria Van Kerkhove, declared during his update on the epidemiological situation on January 11 that it was necessary to avoid considering SARS-CoV-2 as a mild disease.

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