In what can be termed as good news for those vaccinated with both the Covid-19 jabs, US-based top infectious disease expert Dr Faheem Younus has said the risk of Covid-19 death in a fully vaccinated person is "0.0033 per cent". Dr Faheem Younus, who's VP and Chief of Infectious Diseases at University of Maryland UCH, tweeted "the risk of Covid-19 death in a FULLY vaccinated person is 0.003%". All persons with severe outcomes had at least one risk factor; 78% of persons who died had at least four," the study added. Study explains key reasonsIn his yesterday's Twitter post, Dr Faheem Younus urged people not to discard the KN/N95 masks to "manage the cost". The new Covid-19 variant Omicron causes “significantly less" severe disease as compared to the widely prevalent Delta variant of coronavirus, he said.

Source: Mint January 09, 2022 16:26 UTC