“Spain will have its own vaccine this year and it will be effective against the omicron variant”

The President of the Government, Pedro Sánchez, has confessed that Spain will have its own vaccine during this 2022 and what will be effective against the omicron variant of the coronavirus that so many infections is causing in this sixth wave. He has also explained that, although the number of infections is growing very fast in recent weeks, the number of hospitalizations and ICU admissions does not do it that way.

The coronavirus is, according to Sánchez, “a virus that we are going to have to learn to live with“and to which” we must adapt our institutional response “because it affects that at this moment” we are much better than a year ago. ”

At a time when primary care is saturated by the expansion of the omicron variant, Pedro Sánchez explains that “Spain is going to have your own vaccine and it will be effective against omicron variant“.

Ómicron expands rapidly

The data reflects this clearly and emphatically, the rate of contagion of omicron is very fast Although, at the same time, it seems that the fact that a large part of the population is vaccinated prevents the disease from originating in a serious way, which translates into fewer hospitalizations and admissions to the ICU.

Pedro Sanchez has alluded to this: “it is true that we are witnessing the vertiginous spread of omicron. It will make us see even high figures in the coming days in our country. But we must be aware that these figures do not translate into exponential growth in hospitalizations or ICU admissions “.

Spanish vaccine against Covid-19

It seems that the Spanish vaccine against coronavirus in which laboratories work Hipra, is getting closer and closer and has presented good results compared to the omicron variant, according to the Minister of Science and Innovation, Diana Morant.

The Test phase, in which about 1,000 people have participated has already ended and since the pharmaceutical they assure that it is effective against all variants of the coronavirus. Now they are waiting for the Spanish Medicines Agency to authorize the next phase, where it will be possible to see if it also works as a booster dose.

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