Qatar’s Covid-19 cases rises due to UK strains, says officials
- 3 years ago
The UK strains has caused a rapid increase in the Covid-19 cases in Qatar and around the world in at least 70 countries. This new UK variant does not cause various other symptoms in the infected, however it is much more highly transmissible and can therefore increase the rate of spread of the virus though the community, Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) said.
Due to this highly transmissible element, the UK variant has impacted on the lives of the citizens and residents and has resulted in a greater increase in rising cases in the country.
Dr Abdullatif Al Khal, Chairman of the National Pandemic Preparedness Committee, said during a press conference recently that, as announced two weeks earlier, despite the best efforts to prevent the introduction of new variants into the country, rising cases of UK strains are now witnessed in the region like many other countries,
Clinical trials and evidences now show that the UK variant can cause more severe illness and alleviation, which means that people infected with the UK variant are more likely to get very sick, require hospitalization and, unfortunately, have more chance of dying due to serious complications from the virus.
“One of the characteristics of the strain coming from the United Kingdom is that patients experience more severe complications than before and stay for longer periods in the hospital,” Dr Ahmed al-Mohamed, Acting Chairman of HMC's Intensive Care Units had said at the same press conference.
The two COVID-19 vaccines being used in Qatar - Pfizer/ BioN Tech and Moderna - have both been showing evidence as an effective vaccine to prevent severe symptoms due to the UK variant.
The most effective way to prevent yourself and restrict the further spread of the virus is to:
1-Recieve the COVID-19 vaccination.
2-Follow every COVID-19 preventive and protective measures.
“We are in the midst of the second wave of Coronavirus and the new strain is more severe and this requires cooperation, solidarity and commitment to precautionary measures,” Dr Al Mohamed added.
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