Description of Omicron from Fahrettin Koca

As every Wednesday, the Scientific Committee meeting took place today. Especially in the last week. rapid increase in the number of cases and after the rapid spread of the omicron variant, eyes were turned to Fahrettin Koca, who will make a statement after the meeting.

Contrary to the statements he made on Twitter for a long time, Fahrettin Koca, after this meeting, faced the cameras and issued a press release. In the statement, Koca used some remarkable expressions.

Omicron has also become the dominant variant in our country:

One of the remarkable statements in Koca’s statement is that Omicron is now also in our country. is the dominant variant the statement came. Koca stated that the increase in the number of Omicron cases returned to hospitals as an extra 10% occupancy. Koca also stated that the number of cases increased four times compared to the previous month.

After these statements, Koca said that with a lower number of cases in the previous periods of the epidemic, hospitals have lower occupancy rates While saying that, he stated that he thought the danger of the epidemic would decrease with Omicron.

A remarkable decision was taken at the meeting. Accordingly, contacts who have had their vaccination and reminder dose will no longer be quarantined. Husband, in the statement of the situation,”In our scientific committee today, it has been decided not to quarantine people who have had their vaccination and reminder dose. As for insulation All positive cases can exit isolation without testing after 7 days of isolation. Our Scientific Committee has abolished the PCR test requirement for screening and contact persons. From now on, PCR testing will only be performed on people showing symptoms.‘ he summed up.