After Europe, COVID-19 3rd wave to hit Kuwait? – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

After Europe, COVID-19 3rd wave to hit Kuwait? – ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS – Arab Times Kuwait English Daily

Is this third wave coming to Kuwait, and should actions have been taken earlier? The former is vexing many and there is no easy answer. Vaccination rates per population are promising. Changes in behaviour in Kuwait started meaningfully by the end of summer and it was always planned that the timing of relaxation of lockdown would coincide with an increase of cases. At the moment, more people are positive about Kuwait’s future than negative, but it will be a nervous few months. It is slightly remarkable that once again, despite all we know about this disease, countries are facing seemingly uncontrolled waves despite having effective vaccines, proven measures that reduce transmission and no major new variants.

But many countries recently identified a new variant of COVID-19 named as OMICRON which has almost 32 to 50 mutations in the spike protein. This mutation makes this virus the most vulnerable one till date, as this Omicrons spike might evade antibodies which we have from the vaccination or from a previous infection. The variant was seen mostly in young who were not properly vaccinated. Kuwait should focus on finishing the booster dose vaccination at the earliest.