GEORGE TOWN: As scientists are scrambling to understand the level of severity of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, health experts are advising the public that booster jabs are the best defence. “Our best defence against Omicron and the emergence of future variants is to continuously suppress Covid-19 transmission by adopting existing prevention measures. “These include staying vigilant in our daily activities by complying with physical distancing measures, masking up, ensuring hand hygiene, avoiding crowded places, ensuring good ventilation and, of course, stepping up our Covid-19 vaccination with booster shots,” he said when contacted. “Vaccination and booster shots would still be the best solution to overcome the virus and the current standard operating procedure would still be effective in curbing the transmission of Covid-19. “Therefore, the public need to be calm and get their booster shots to increase immunity and disrupt the transmission chain.

Source: The Star December 03, 2021 11:53 UTC