The BA.5 variant is 4 times more resistant to Covid-19 vaccines than Omicron
According to a US study recently published in the journal “Nature”, the BA.5 variant of the Omicron strain - currently the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus in the US, is 4 times more resistant to the Covid-19 vaccine.
Research shows that this variant is four times more resistant to RNA vaccines, including the Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, than the previously emerged Omicron strains. This is a strain of the virus that is considered "very contagious" and is contributing to the increase in hospitalizations and intensive care treatment.
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The BA.5 strain is 4 times more resistant to the Covid-19 vaccine than Omicron. |
According to the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the BA.5 strain accounted for 65% of Covid-19 cases in the country in the week ending July 9.
According to Dr. Gregory Poland, head of the Mayo Clinic Vaccine Research Group, the study also showed that unvaccinated people were five times more likely to be infected with the virus than those who had been fully vaccinated and received a booster shot, while the risk of hospitalization was also up to 7.5 times higher, and the risk of death was even 14 to 15 times higher.
