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Fra WHO western pacific egen publikasjon.
https://www.who.int/westernpacific/news ... ember-2021The first tool, of course, is vaccines. Where there is high vaccine coverage, especially among those at greatest risk – healthcare and other frontline workers with frequent exposure; and those most vulnerable to severe disease; and communities that have difficulty accessing health services – we can reduce severe illness and deaths.
The second tool is the public health and social measures which we know are effective in suppressing transmission. They remain key in the fight against COVID-19 – including Omicron.
These include individual actions like mask-wearing and keeping physical distance; taking a risk-based approach for particular settings; and population-wide measures including lockdowns, which we want to avoid – given their huge social and economic impacts.
