Los Angeles: A study conducted in America has indicated the Omicron form of the coronavirus after taking a dose of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine. Patients infected with HIV are less likely to be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) than those who are not vaccinated. This research paper is published in the weekly report of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The study also found that patients admitted to the hospital during the Omicron infection had fewer deaths than patients admitted to a delta form of infection. Matthew Mods, a pulmonary specialist at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the US and co-author of the paper, said, “Overall, people infected with Omicron are less likely to be admitted to the ICU and also to go on a ventilator compared to infections from the delta form.” The apprehension is low.”
To reach this conclusion, the researchers analyzed data from 339 COVID-19-infected patients admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center between July and September 2021. At that time the delta form of the coronavirus was infecting the most. The researchers compared the above data with data from 737 patients with COVID-19 at the medical center from December 2021 to January 2022 when the Omicron form was more effective. For the study, patients’ medical information was collected from electronic health records.
An analysis of the data revealed that more patients hospitalized during the outbreak of Omicron had been vaccinated during the summer of 2021 than during the delta form infection. Peter Chen, the senior research paper author at Cedars-Sinai, said, In addition to the protection people received from vaccination as the effect of Omicron increased, we saw the role of a booster dose in reducing the severity of symptoms, especially in the elderly.
“Unvaccinated patients are more likely to be hospitalized with severe symptoms and develop severe respiratory problems during infection with Omicron compared to those who are not vaccinated,” he said.
