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"So if we now do what I'm talking about in an intense way, we may be able to blunt that," he said. It's called waning immunity, and it was seen more emphatically in other countries before we saw it here."įauci said an increase in immunisation rates and booster shots might prevent another surge - but the US had to act fast. "Superimpose upon the fact that, unquestionably, the people who got vaccinated six, seven, eight, nine, 10 months ago, we're starting to see an understandable diminution in the level of immunity. The US has now about 62 million people in the country who are eligible but have not yet been vaccinated. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said no Omicron cases have been discovered in the US, Fauci noted that "as we all know, when you have a virus that has already gone to multiple countries, inevitably, it will be here."Īny fifth wave of cases "will really be dependent upon what we do in the next few weeks to a couple of months", Fauci was quoted as saying on CBS. That's the thing that's causing us now to be concerned, but also to put the pressure on ourselves now to do something about our presentation for this," he added.
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"So it clearly is giving indication that it has the capability of transmitting rapidly. This is a different virus than we've been dealing with,' Fauci was quoted as saying on NBC news. and when the South Africans looked at it, they said, 'Oh my goodness. "You were having a low level of infection, and then all of a sudden there was this big spike. It is now also emerging in all other provinces. Also Read | Omicron: Chaos in South Africa as countries rush to ban international flightsĪccording to media reports, genome sequencing and other genetic analysis have shown that the B.1.1.529 variant was responsible for all 77 of the virus samples analysed from Gauteng in South Africa, collected between 12 and 20 November. Last week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) classified the latest variant B.1.1.529 of SARS-CoV-2 virus, now with the name Omicron, as a "Variant of Concern" (VOC).įirst detected from Botswana, in Africa, it has since spread to various countries in Europe, including Belgium, the Netherlands, France and the UK, in Australia and Canada among others.įauci pointed to how Covid case numbers rose dramatically in South Africa, where Omicron was discovered, over a short period.