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Experts are concerned about the number of reinfections recorded by the Ministry of Health's Tracing Unit in covid cases, especially in recent times.
The highly transmissible substrain Omicron 2, which studies show is 33 times more contagious than Omicron, contributes to people getting sick again and again with coronavirus, according to Dr.
In total, 16,064 people more than once with covid since the start of the pandemic until March 18.
Speaking to the Cyprus Times, Dr. Zoe Pana.
In total, 16,064 people more than once with covid since the start of the pandemic until March 18. Pana and asked to comment on the re-infections figures, which exceed 14,000 from the start of the year until March 18, she says that the vast majority are unvaccinated and mainly young people.
"We have large numbers of people who are unvaccinated and get sick again, and then there is a downward trend for those who are vaccinated."
"We have large numbers of people who are unvaccinated and get sick again, and then there is a downward trend for those who are vaccinated. That is where the value of vaccination becomes apparent-not for the protection against serious disease that vaccination gives-but in the re-infection part. As one moves away from one's original vaccination one's immunity drops. So more exposed are the unvaccinated," he said.
Remarkably, he explained, the majority of vaccinated people who become ill again, according to the data, are not seriously ill and few are hospitalized.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 16,064 people have become ill again by March 18.
According to the data, from the beginning of 2022 until 18 March, 14,251 people became ill for the second (or third) time[/B], while 1,797 persons became ill twice in the whole of 2021.
More specifically, in January 2022 we had 6,430 reinfections of which 4,215 were without a history of vaccination. In February 2022 we had 5,445 reinfections of which 3,845 were unvaccinated. In the first 18 days of March there were 2,376 cases of citizens who became ill again, with 1,754 being unvaccinated.
Why young people hold the lead in reinfections
In terms of young people recording 1,899 reinfections[/B] and 1,821[/B] in ages 15-19 and ages 25-29 by the beginning of 2022, Dr. Pana suggested that these ages make sense to have such high numbers, as they are the ones with the most social activity, the most contacts and have the least wall of immunity.
She also notes that Omicron 2, the open society, as there are no longer strict protection measures, and the weather conditions that still favour mass gatherings in enclosed spaces play a role in re-infections.
Finally, he stressed that we should not be frightened by the numbers, as they indicate that we should learn to live with covid and continue to take precautions without the need for new restrictive measures.
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