Experts point to the “point of death” many people face when infected with the Omicron strain, complicating the epidemic.

According to the Hanoi Ministry of Health’s analysis data, currently the BA.2 sub-variant of the Omicron strain is dominant in the F0 case in Hanoi, with a fast spread rate. However, what worries most is the subjective psychology of many people about the fact that once they have the Omicron, they cannot be reinfected. COVID-19 again. This led to neglect in epidemic prevention, causing the speed of community transmission to increase rapidly.

Doctor Nguyen Thu Huong – Head of the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Unit, Thanh Nhan Hospital said that subjective psychology is present in many people, making epidemics more complicated, unpredictable and at high risk of outbreaks.

Huong said that many people subjectively think that having Omicron no longer re-infects with COVID-19.

In addition to the subjective belief that once they have the Omicron, they will not return, many families now have a “leave the disease” mentality because they think that: Before and after, it’s better to get it first. “This is a very wrong concept because it is very possible to re-infect with Omicron,” said Doctor Huong.

As the unit that directly collects and examines F0 patients, Dr Huong said that in this clinic there have been many cases of Omicron mutations but still relapses then, in some cases just after 15 days, the virus returns. It is worth mentioning, the majority of respondents F0 said: “I thought I had an Omicron and I would never get it again”.

Regarding having contracted the Omicron strain but still returning to the same old strain, Dr. Huong said the cause was re-infection with another branch of the same strain. Thus, Omicron consists of 3 branches BA.1, BA.2, BA.3, the original BA.1 strain has spread worldwide since November 2021. Up to now, the BA.2 strain is gradually being replaced, becoming the dominant variant in many country. People who have been infected with the original Omicron strain, BA.1, can then become infected with the BA.2 strain.

Same Omicron variant but one can get different branches. Illustration.

In addition to the problems above, most people think that the Omicron strain has mild symptoms, not as severe as Delta, so the infection will pass very quickly. Doctor Huong said that it is true that the Omicron strain is not as severe as Delta, but people need to remember that the reinfection time will be very short, which makes the patient tired, causes panic and will lead to complications. -Covid-19 issues behind.

Master – Doctor Dinh The Tien (Department of General Internal Medicine at Duc Giang Hospital) said people with COVID-19, both Delta and Omicron variants, can experience serious complications and patient management. There is no difference between these two variants. .

Therefore, the Omicron variant as well as other variations of SARS-CoV-2 It can attack all parts of the body, including the lungs. Especially for people with chronic diseases, the elderly who have not been vaccinated will be at higher risk. The fact that there are fewer serious patients with Omicron compared to the previous Delta strain is partly due to the relatively high vaccine coverage of the population in our country.

From the explanation above, experts suggest that people with COVID-19 who have recovered should not be subjective, negative does not mean “escaped”, has created lifelong immunity. After recovering from illness, the body still needs to recover from the virus attack. Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen immunity by exercising, supplementing with proper nutrition, and especially by following the 5K principle to fight off new attacks of pathogenic viruses.

In particular, it is necessary to protect subjects who are at high risk of reinfection, namely the elderly with impaired immunity, people with underlying medical conditions, and children who have not been vaccinated. “Mutations are constantly changing their shape, changing their immune properties, the body will not recognize them, they will be reinfected. Therefore, we absolutely must not be subjective in any case,” said dr.

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