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In the second wave of the epidemic, it is estimated that up to 20 percent of the population may have been infected. However, we can be happy that they were able to stop the number of patients at two-thirds of the “peaceful” capacity of intensive care units, said Béla Merkely, rector of Semmelweis University on Kossuth Radio. He also spoke about the fact that the British mutant virus is spreading faster, but the cases are not more serious, quotes MTI.
Béla Merkely said that during the epidemic, hospitals helped each other and universities jointly carried out a large representative screening to determine exactly how infectious the virus is and where we are in the epidemic.
He stressed that in the spring, in the first wave of the epidemic, experts were just getting familiar with the virus and, with swift and decisive action, they kept the virus infection more or less outside the border. In the second wave of the epidemic, it is estimated that up to 20 percent of the population could be infected. However, it is gratifying that two-thirds of the “peaceful” capacity of intensive care units have been able to stop the number of patients, he added.
According to Béla Merkely, thanks to the protective measures, it seems that the numbers decrease quite slowly after the plateau phase.
Vaccination is said to be much safer than any other drug. It is based on a technology that ensures at many points that it cannot cause any significant harm to the body. The minor side effects are in no way comparable to what a coronavirus can cause.
A national vaccination campaign can stop the epidemic, it is important for everyone to understand that the vaccine is the solution to the epidemic, said the rector of the University of Semmelweis.
He said about a new variant of the coronavirus identified in Britain: in London, most illnesses seem to be caused by this virus, but those cases are not more serious, there are no more patients on a ventilator and there is no higher mortality from it. Their infectivity may be stronger, but it only draws attention to the fact that they all adhere even more to the standards proposed so far, emphasized Béla Merkely.
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