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WHO chief scientist warns of Omicron BA.2, new variants: How to survive COVID without lockdown. 5pts

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Navabharat Times, Swaminathan asserted, COVID is an airborne virus in which closed, crowded places with poor ventilation are at risk. “So, as long as covid continues to spread among people, it is good to maintain caution." Listing out the preventive measures, she said:  Immunity wears off over time and even complete vaccination with Omicron does not protect against infection.

However, a full course of vaccination is the best defense against serious illness, she reaffirmed.  “In the cases of fast-spreading viruses like Omicron, we saw that it was difficult to stop the infection, but it was possible to prevent the deaths due to vaccination." She also informed that WHO is closely monitoring the situation to see if the vaccine composition will need to be modified.

Speaking about lockdown-like measures, she said, “In the early days of the pandemic, there was no other way to stop the virus from spreading.

Today we have good testing facilities, vaccines and even some useful medicines. So we don't need to adopt crude measures like lockdown." However, whether the government should make masks mandatory or not, all people must wear masks  

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