'If you think you think you're going to booster yourself out of the pandemic, in COVID-19's case, you can forget it.'
Omicron very different from Delta, Beta COVID variants, says South African doctor Angelique Coetzee.
'In our ICUs, the majority are unvaccinated people.' 'Out of the hospital, in the community, we see that -- whether you are vaccinated or whether you're not vaccinated -- the symptoms are more or less the same.'
The chairperson of the South African Medical Association also said existing vaccines will definitely control the contagion but those unvaccinated are at 100 per cent 'risk'.
'This virus may have more immune evasion capability and therefore, it may make you more sick.'
Dr Mishra further explained the effect of hybrid immunity on the vaccinated population and said that it is likely to give protection to people along with the Indian vaccines administered.
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