The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Sunday that at least 15 states have found confirmed cases of the latest variant of Omicron, but the nation’s confirmed cases of the variant Delta still account for the majority. In Europe, the number of cases of Omicron variants has increased. In the past 7 days in France, more than 42,000 new cases have been diagnosed in a single day, indicating that the fifth wave of the epidemic is accelerating.

Reuters reported that the Omicron variant of the new coronavirus has spread to more than ten states in the United States, accounting for one-third of the states. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Valensky said on Sunday that he is paying close attention to the development of the Omicron epidemic. As there are suspected cases every day, it is believed that related cases will increase day by day. However, she pointed out that the Delta variant virus still accounts for the majority of infections nationwide. .

She said that the number of newly diagnosed cases in the United States in a single day ranged from 90,000 to 100,000, of which 99.9% were still patients infected with the Delta variant, and there were about dozens of cases infected with Omicron.

However, in an interview with CNN on Sunday, the White House epidemic prevention consultant Fauci said: "So far, it seems that Omicron is not very serious." But he said that it is too early to make a conclusion and more needs to be made. Explore further.

According to Reuters statistics, at least 15 states in the United States have reported cases of Omicron infection. Although it is not clear how many Omicron patients have been vaccinated with supplemental doses, many cases have been fully vaccinated and have mild symptoms.

In addition, according to the latest report from the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, a total of 167 cases of Omicron variant virus infection have occurred in the European Union and the European Economic Area.

The European Center for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) recently announced information on the infection of the Omicron variant in the 27 member states of the European Union and the European Economic Area (EEA) including Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. This will be added within one day from the 3rd to the 4th There are 58 cases, and the total number of infections has increased to 167.

According to further analysis, the European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention pointed out that most of the confirmed cases have travel history in African countries, and some patients have transited in Africa and other places in Europe, but there are cases in several countries without records of related links. These countries may exist. Potential community transmission must be further tracked.

The European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention previously stated that the current evidence of Omicron's infectivity, severity, and immune escape is still uncertain. However, according to preliminary data in South Africa, where it was first discovered, Omicron may be more infectious than the Delta variant. If so, in the next few months, more than half of the infection cases in the EU and the European Economic Area may be Omicron virus.

However, so far, there have been no deaths from the Omicron variant. The European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that because the number of confirmed cases is still small, it is impossible to fully understand the clinical development of the Omicron variant and the variants found in the past.

According to Agence France-Presse, the French Ministry of Health reported on Sunday evening that 42,000 new cases were confirmed in France, and the number of severely ill patients exceeded 2,000. According to the Ministry of Health, after 51,624 new cases were confirmed on Saturday, another 42252 cases were confirmed on Sunday. In the past 7 days, the average number of new diagnoses in France has been 42,000 per day, compared with only 28,000 a week ago, indicating that the fifth wave of epidemic symptoms has accelerated.

The proportion of full vaccination in France has reached 75.7% of the total population, and more than 10 million people have received the third dose of vaccine. The French Health Council met on Monday to discuss opening up vaccinations to children aged 5 to 11.