COVID-19 Omicron variant - Time for airborne precautions

Genetic mutations in SARS-CoV-2 have resulted in variants with more transmissibility and partial resistance to COVID-19 vaccines, as seen in the recently classified variant of concern (VOC) “Omicron”. The rapid spread has raised concerns about Omicron being airborne, which leads to a high risk of co...

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Autores principales: Yousaf, Zohaib, Khan, Muhammad Arslan, Asghar, Muhammad Sohaib, Zaman, Musharaf, Ahmed, Mushtaq, Tahir, Muhammad Junaid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9166231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35693104
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103919
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description Genetic mutations in SARS-CoV-2 have resulted in variants with more transmissibility and partial resistance to COVID-19 vaccines, as seen in the recently classified variant of concern (VOC) “Omicron”. The rapid spread has raised concerns about Omicron being airborne, which leads to a high risk of contamination in public premises, particularly among the frontline healthcare workers. Mandatory usage of protective face masks and respirators is highly recommended in order to break the chain of transmission. Furthermore, health authorities need to reassess the modes of transmission of VOCs and provide updated guidelines to the general public for its prevention.
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spelling pubmed-91662312022-06-07 COVID-19 Omicron variant - Time for airborne precautions Yousaf, Zohaib Khan, Muhammad Arslan Asghar, Muhammad Sohaib Zaman, Musharaf Ahmed, Mushtaq Tahir, Muhammad Junaid Ann Med Surg (Lond) Short Communication Genetic mutations in SARS-CoV-2 have resulted in variants with more transmissibility and partial resistance to COVID-19 vaccines, as seen in the recently classified variant of concern (VOC) “Omicron”. The rapid spread has raised concerns about Omicron being airborne, which leads to a high risk of contamination in public premises, particularly among the frontline healthcare workers. Mandatory usage of protective face masks and respirators is highly recommended in order to break the chain of transmission. Furthermore, health authorities need to reassess the modes of transmission of VOCs and provide updated guidelines to the general public for its prevention. Elsevier 2022-06-04 /pmc/articles/PMC9166231/ /pubmed/35693104 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103919 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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