Dr. Emilian Popovici, vice-president of the Romanian Epidemiological Society, explains why people who managed to avoid the disease for two years and were even vaccinated are now infected with COVID-19, saying that the variants of SARS-CoV-2 that are circulating at the moment are highly transmissible .

According to the doctor, in the case of sub-variants BA 4 and BA 5, a confirmed infected person infects 16 more people.

• “Thus, while the Wuhan variant corresponded to R0 3 (confirmed infected infects 3 other people around him), the BA 4 and BA 5 subvariants corresponded to R0 16 (ie confirmed infected infects 16 other people around him). his) and I think that explains it all!
• Finally, other circulating variants, such as BA 1 with R0 8 and BA 2 with R0 12, complete the previously presented table.

Of course, 3 doses of the vaccine still largely prevent serious forms of the disease, but if we want to limit the risk of contracting a mild or even moderate form of the disease, then we must resort to known measures, which I do not think will embarrass us in spending a vacation , on the contrary, by helping us stay healthy, they can save our vacation,” the doctor said in a message posted on Facebook on Saturday.

In recent weeks, the number of registered diseases in Romania has been constantly increasing. The peak of the 6th wave is expected in our country in mid-August, NIHZ specialists report.