‘Omicron is not light’: 500,000 people killed by Covid in last 5 weeks

So, while everyone was saying that Omicron is mild, I think we missed the point that half a million people have died since it was detected,” WHO’s Dr Abdi Mahmoud added, adding, ” And, in the era of effective vaccines, dying half a million is really something.”

Speaking on the worldwide COVID situation, the WHO official said, some countries are showing an increasing trend, others are stable, and others are down, but unfortunately in its third year, we are reporting more deaths. “130 million cases since Omicron was declared a VOC and 500,000 deaths.”

Adding to this, Maria Van Kerkhove said, “The way Omicron has changed deltas around the world so quickly, to the sharp peaks we’ve seen, we have literally had to reconstruct the scale of the epidemic curve we’re used to.” are doing. “

How Omicron is affecting different parts of the world

Within the US, where we see the trend going down in most places, other parts of the US, especially the South US, have seen an increase, so there is variation. When you go to the Africa region, where Omicron started, it’s going down.

Europe, on the western side, the wave is going down but it is increasing in the eastern part of Europe and is really affecting places with less vaccinations and weaker health systems. So, Eastern Europe and Central Asia will be something.

Then, coming down through the eastern Mediterranean, we see a huge increase in the Gulf countries, countries that already had vaccinations but also very little vaccines in countries like Afghanistan and Somalia.

Officials further said that it can be avoided only through vaccination.

There is a very significant difference between individuals who have been vaccinated with one dose, two doses and some people who have been vaccinated for three doses. “There has been a significant reduction in hospitalizations and deaths among those vaccinated.”