Thailand Ministry of Health reports 9,790 new COVID-19 cases and an additional 28 deaths since yesterday. The ministry also announced an additional 17,109 patients recovered from the COVID-19 virus.
A big study in the United States has discovered that the Omicron version of the SARS-CoV2 virus is intrinsically as virulent as prior variations, contrary to previous studies’ expectations that it was more transmissible but less deadly.
“We discovered that the risks of hospitalization and mortality were essentially comparable between eras,” stated four scientists who conducted the study based on 130,000 Covid-19 patient records, alluding to times in the last two years when different variations were dominant around the world.
The study, which was published on Research Square on May 2 and is currently undergoing peer review at Nature Portfolio, was adjusted for confounders such as demographics, vaccination status, and the Charlson comorbidity index, which predicts the risk of death within a year of hospitalization for patients with specific comorbid conditions.
According to the scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital, Minerva University, and Harvard Medical School, investigations assuming that the Omicron version was less severe were undertaken in a variety of locations, including South Africa, Scotland, England, and Canada.
They noted that their study could have numerous flaws, including the likelihood that it overestimated the number of vaccinated patients and the total number of illnesses in more recent Covid waves since it excluded patients who did at-home quick testing.
The best preventive measures to avoid catching the COVID virus are still vaccination, wearing masks, social distancing, and frequent washing of hands. If these basic measures are applied, the chances and severity of contracting the virus are greatly lessened.