COVID-19 | Omicron
Everyone will be infected with Omicon, boosters won't stop it: Expert suggests
New Delhi/IBNS: The 'highly transmissible' Omicron variant is "almost unstoppable" and everyone will eventually be infected with it, medical experts have suggested.
However, experts also suggested that Covid is not a frightening disease anymore as the new strain is milder and is leading to much less hospitalisation.
"A majority of us will not know we have been infected, probably more than 80% will not even know when we have it," Dr Jayaprakash Muliyil, epidemiologist and chairperson, Scientific Advisory Committee at ICMR's National Institute of Epidemiology told NDTV channel.
Noting that no medical bodies suggested booster doses, Muliyil said they won't stop the natural progression of the epidemic
"We have not suggested booster dose so far from any of the bodies of the government. To my knowledge, the precautionary dose was just suggested, because there are reports that certain people, mostly in the age group above 60, did not respond to two doses," he said.
Speaking about strict lockdowns, Muliyil has told the channel that "we can't stay locked in our houses for very long. We must repeatedly emphasise that Omicron is much milder compared to the Delta variant."
He also said that 85 percent of Indians were already infected with Covid by the time vaccines were introduced in India.
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