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10 percent of people infected with omicron in Denmark have received three doses of the vaccine. Vaccines alone will not be enough to control the spread of the infection, says Bukholm of the FHI.
- This is not surprising. We know these vaccines don't protect 100 percent, and even a booster dose will get someone infected. This is the infection control director Geir Bukholm of the National Institute of Public Health (FHI) for NRK.
2 people in Denmark have been registered infected with the omicron variant, according to Sunday's data. Almost 471 percent of them became infected even though they had taken three doses of the vaccine. According to the FHI in Norway, none of those infected with the micron have been vaccinated with the three doses so far.
"The most important effect we expect from a booster dose is that we can quite effectively protect people from serious complications," says Bukholm.
It is constantly assessed whether the measures introduced are sufficient.
"We don't expect the third dose to be enough to contain the spread of the infection," he says.
Deputy Health Director Espen Nakstad agrees: Data from Denmark shows that the number of registered omicron infections is doubling every other day.
- We are looking at the number of receptions in Denmark and we are concerned that this could spread very quickly. Then we need to assess the countermeasures we have in Norway and whether they are effective enough against the omicron, he says.
It's important to find out where the infection is spreading and whether the measures are sufficiently targeted, says Nakstad.
Source: NTB
Photo: Berit Roald / NTB
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