Amiran Gamkrelidze: Booster is one of the most important recommendations in the fight against Omicron today

Booster and boosterization are one of the most important recommendations in the fight against Omicron today, - said the head of the National Center for Disease Control, Amiran Gamkrelidze.

As he pointed out, coronavirus may still be mutating, which was confirmed a few days ago by the emergence of a new variant of the virus.

"Today, booster and boosterization are one of the most important recommendations in the fight against Omicron, because the boosterized population, especially those boosterized by Pfizer, are more strongly protected against Omicron, although there is nothing absolute in medicine. It is possible for this virus to undergo many more mutations. The confirmation of this is the emergence of a new mutation, which is again related to the cases of Cameroon," Gamkrelidze said.

At the same time, Amiran Gamkrelidze called on the population to be vaccinated and fully follow the recommendations.

"We have a 37% rate of wearing a mask, which is very low. It is desirable to go up to 95%. I often repeat that if we have the 95% rate, we will save the lives of 2,000 people by April,” Gamkrelidze said.

He also said that the Omicron variant might be the beginning of the end of the pandemic.