In an interview with the AD, he says that he does take into account a serious revival of the virus in the autumn and new vaccination rounds. Van Dissel will soon update the OMT.
Omikronsubvariant BA5 dominant
On average, the number of new infections is around 5000 per day. The number of hospital admissions has risen to around 50 per day. “The numbers are increasing somewhat, but that is not leading to major problems in hospitals at the moment”, says Van Dissel in the AD.
He emphasizes that it is important to continue to follow the basic rules: staying at home and self-testing in case of complaints. According to Van Dissel, the omikron subvariant BA5 is becoming dominant in our country. This is often not found on the first self-test, he says. “So don’t tie the cat to the bacon, follow the rules, it doesn’t hurt to test double with a few days in between,” he therefore advises in the newspaper.
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without much trouble
According to him, people who have the BA5 subvariant infect between 1.2 and 1.5 other people. The reproduction value for the first corona variant in 2020 was around 4. “That difference is probably due to the immunity we have built up,” Van Dissel thinks.
This means that we should be able to withstand the increasing number of infections this summer ‘without many problems’. “But after that it is more uncertain, you don’t know which variants will emerge,” he warns.
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