What’s the news sub-option under the name “Centaur” it will also end up in Greece, which is what the experts expected.
Finally, the Centaur variant appeared. at a time when the wave of the pandemic in our country is on the decline.

It is noted that according to his new weekly report EODI new cases coronavirus are 33,590, deaths are 129, and 101 patients are hospitalized with intubation.

OUR Dimitris ThanosAcademician and President of the “Academic Council of the Foundation medical biology research” of the Academy of Athens (IVEA), which controls national network withidentifier his observation coronavirus in our country, this explains to us in principle what kind of tension currently prevails in society:

“Omicron 5 is currently overwhelmingly dominant. The cases it gives are as high as 97%. The remaining 3% belongs to Omicron 4. Its original leaders Omicron, they no longer circulate in the community.”

As for the appearance of the “Centaur” about mr Thanos tells us this: “I don’t think this one will be easy to beat. sub-option but he could do it in time.”

“We will have the 7th wave of the pandemic, but it is difficult for the Centaur variant to play a major role in it”

Per geek MajorcaAssociate Professor, Department of Epidemiology EKPA and member of its management committee coronavirus in our country, it is difficult for “Centaur” to signal the 7th wave of the pandemic in Greece. As he explains, “We didn’t see the Centaur making waves anywhere else and we managed to get through Omicron 5. In India it made waves because Omicron 4 and Omicron 5 didn’t have time to ‘boot’.

The above hypothesis does not mean, of course, that we will not have an increase in the incidence. As the saying goes: “We expect an increase in the incidence in late October and early November.. It is not necessary that this burst be identified with a wave. The condition may remain mild. It is very likely that the 7th wave of the pandemic will come later in the winter. I am sure that we will still have a wave.”

As for which strain will “lead” this wave o mr Maiokrinis us replies to this: “It is quite possible that the new strain that will cause a wave comes from the Omicron family.”

The role of updated vaccines in stopping the wave is small

However, according to mr Majorca, timely vaccination with updated drugs in Greece cannot act as a “carver” in the spread of the 7th wave.

As he explains: “Updated vaccines will certainly help limit the incidence. I note here that recommendations for specific age groups (SS persons over 60 years of age, vulnerable groups who have already received 4 doses and an individualized possibility of vaccination for persons aged 30 to 59 years, with the consent of the attending physician). Those who will be vaccinated with updated vaccines are not the most socially active part of the population.

In other words, it is not those who participate in the diaspora chain, like the 20-50-year-olds who are at the center of the transmission of the coronavirus. From this point of view, dI do not think so this vaccination will help reduce the spread. There is currently no vaccine that can stop the spread of pathogens. which “run” with such good adaptation to the epithelium of the upper respiratory tract, as coronavirus.

Also, since the virus does not change much in terms of its antigenic profile and we remain in the Omicron family, we can no longer talk about waves, but about outbreaks. The exact mathematical term is fluctuations. We have entered a period when pandemic from now on it will be characterized by summer and winter waves.

“Her presence will increase significantly sub-option Centaur”

OUR Demosthenes Sarigiannis, professor of environmental engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, has a different opinion. Considering, as he explains, that sub-option “Centaur” is 18.5% faster in transmission than Omicron 5, With 9 different mutations in its spike and immunity, BA 2.75.2 (that is its scientific name) will gradually increase its presence and is able to play a role in the 7th wave of the pandemic in Greece. In fact, he believes that the immunological profile of the inhabitants of each country is different and therefore the behavior of the “Centaur” is not a given.

He places the change of the soft scene that prevails now, towards the end of September. “At this stage, the number of cases will slowly and gradually increase, and the curve will change a little,” he says, adding: “In the first week of October, we will start to enter an increasing trajectory. peaking in the first week of November..

Also, according to mr Sarijanni and given that for many citizens it has been a long time since the last dose of a vaccine or disease, vaccination with updated vaccines (with the consent of the doctor for those who do not belong to special groups) is both useful and can contribute to mitigating the effects of the 7th wave of the pandemic.

However, as he elaborates: “The pressure on the NHS will be light and the number of deaths will be lower than the 50 per day we had last July. The increase in cases will not be as marked by the Omicron wave 4 and 5.. Phenomenologically and macroscopically, it seems that we have entered a phase where new waves have a slight downward course at their peak.