The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said on Thursday that several countries in the EU bloc are experiencing new wave of COVID-19 due to rise of Omicron subvariants.
The statements expressed by one of EMA's senior officials Marco Cavaleri. He explained that the most dominant Omicron subvariants now are BA.4, and BA.5, and it is expected to be more dominant in the bloc by the end of July.
Cavaleri underscored that there is no evidence that the new variants are stronger or more dangerous than the earlier ones highlighting that: “The increase in transmission among older age groups is starting to translate into severe disease.”
EMA recommended that people aged 80 and above to get another booster dose of Coronavirus vaccine booster. However, he revealed that this recommendation is stretched to include people who aged from 60-79 years and “medically vulnerable persons of any age" in the EU bloc.
“As this new wave is unfolding over the EU, it is essential to maintain protection of vulnerable groups and avoid any postponement of vaccination."
The US “Johns Hopkins University” announced yesterday that the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus “Covid-19” around the world rose to 551 million, 283 thousand and 678 cases.
The university stated – in the latest statistics published on its website, today, Wednesday, that the total deaths around the world rose to 6 million, 342 thousand and 322.
It explained that the United States recorded the largest number of cases around the world, which amounted to more than 88 million cases, while India’s toll exceeded 43.5 million cases, ranking second, followed by Brazil with more than 32.6 million cases.
According to the latest data, the United States topped the list of countries in terms of the number of deaths, with more than one million, followed by Brazil in second place with 672,429, and then India in third place with a total of 525,270 deaths.
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