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英国政府科学家表示，与感染Delta病毒的患者相比，英国感染Omicron变种的患者引发严重疾病的可能性更小。
然而，根据圣诞节前即将发布的数据，虽然英国的Omicron病例总体上看起来比较温和，但英国卫生安全机构（UKHSA）发现这种病毒引发的疾病并非温和到可以避免大量住院的程度。
UKHSA发现，对于那些因Omicron而严重患病的人来说，住院和死亡的几率仍然很高。科学家们还证实，Omicron病毒的传播能力非常强，这意味着，即使感染后疾病程度较轻，但感染人数会大幅上升，最终仍可能会有大量的患者住院接受治疗。
UKHSA预计还将得出结论，尽管两剂COVID疫苗不足以提供对Omicron的强大防护，但一剂加强针剂确实能够显著降低症状性感染和住院的机会。UKHSA发言人表示，他们不会对未公布的数据发表评论。
英国首相鲍里斯·约翰逊昨天表示，Omicron的严重程度和对住院率的影响仍存在“不确定性”，但他表示，英国在圣诞节前不会面临任何进一步的新冠病毒限制性措施。
来源：POLITICO；编译：POLARZONE
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