The death rate of people hospitalized for infection with the Omicron variant of the coronavirus is 1.5 times higher than that of patients hospitalized for seasonal flu. This is the conclusion of a recent study by the University of Lucerne in Switzerland.
The results of the representative study were published Wednesday in the journal “Jama Network Open.” To compare the course of the disease in hospitalized people, the data of 3,066 people with Omikron were compared with those of 2,146 people who had flu (flu, nut).
Mortality is about 1.5 times higher
During the first 30 days of hospitalization, mortality was about 1.5 times higher in those with the omicron variant, the researchers said. However, in terms of the need to be admitted to intensive care, there was no difference between the corona variant omicron and flu, the University of Lucerne said on Thursday.
During the spread of the omicron variant, Switzerland called for Covid-19 to be treated like a regular flu because it caused less severe turnover than other corona variants.
Adapted vaccine reduces risk of death
As new data from the US now shows, it is also worthwhile to see which corona vaccine can be administered with the booster vaccination. For example, a vaccine adapted to the omicron variant BA.4/BA.5 reduces the risk of death by a factor of 14.1 compared to unvaccinated individuals.
The modified vaccine is also significantly more effective than a booster with the old monovalent vaccine (which reduces mortality by a factor of 5.4), according to the study with 21.3 million people between October 2021 and December 2022.
Source: Krone
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