Geneva: World Health Organization A record 9.5 million cases of Covid-19 were reported worldwide during the past week, a 71% drop in the weekly number of infections in what amounts to a “tsunami” as the new Omicron variant sweeps the world, it said on Thursday. Given the growth.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “Last week, the highest number of Covid-19 cases were reported in the pandemic so far.” He said the WHO was certain it had been underestimated because of a backlog in testing around the year-end holidays.
The UN health agency, in its weekly report on the pandemic, said the weekly count added 9,520,488 new cases and more than 41,000 new deaths during the past week.
While Omicron appears to be less severe than the delta variant, especially in those who have been vaccinated, the WHO chief said: “This does not mean that it should be classified as mild. Like previous variants, Omicron is hospitalizing people, and it’s killing people.”
“Indeed, the tsunami of cases is so large and fast that it is taking a toll on health systems around the world,” the WHO chief said at a regular news briefing.
WHO said the increase in the number of cases varied in the past week, which is doubling Of America area, but only growing by 7% Africa,
WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan, said Omicron could be the final form of the outbreak, saying it was “wishful thinking” and warned: “There is still a lot of energy in this virus.”
couple Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19: “I think it’s very unlikely that Omicron will be the last version you hear us discuss.”
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “Last week, the highest number of Covid-19 cases were reported in the pandemic so far.” He said the WHO was certain it had been underestimated because of a backlog in testing around the year-end holidays.
The UN health agency, in its weekly report on the pandemic, said the weekly count added 9,520,488 new cases and more than 41,000 new deaths during the past week.
While Omicron appears to be less severe than the delta variant, especially in those who have been vaccinated, the WHO chief said: “This does not mean that it should be classified as mild. Like previous variants, Omicron is hospitalizing people, and it’s killing people.”
“Indeed, the tsunami of cases is so large and fast that it is taking a toll on health systems around the world,” the WHO chief said at a regular news briefing.
WHO said the increase in the number of cases varied in the past week, which is doubling Of America area, but only growing by 7% Africa,
WHO emergencies chief Dr. Michael Ryan, said Omicron could be the final form of the outbreak, saying it was “wishful thinking” and warned: “There is still a lot of energy in this virus.”
couple Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19: “I think it’s very unlikely that Omicron will be the last version you hear us discuss.”
,