Prof. Hristova: Even scarier variants of the coronavirus are knocking on our door – Diseases

The 10 days of stricter measures are a good start to reduce morbidity. This was said in the program “From the day” at BNT by the Deputy Director of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCIPD) Prof. Iva Hristova.

We hope to at least maintain the levels of newly infected so as not to rise above 4000 per day, give hospitals a breath of air and, if possible, extend, lower to 3000. Here is the question of reaching the plateau and we begin to lower these levels, said Professor Hristova.

At the moment, the age of patients has dropped and hospitals are full of young people, he added.

Each subsequent wave is stronger than the one before it. The growth of the newly infected in our country is mainly due to the British version of COVID-19, but the other, more dangerous and terrifying variants are knocking on our door. So far there are no other options detected in our country, but there are in the European Union and we do not want them to enter our country. These variants spread faster and are more difficult to remove from the blood of those infected, Professor Hristova said.

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To reduce the incidence, we need to get vaccinated. If the mutations continue in this direction, there will be a change in vaccines, the NCIPD deputy director said.