The World Health Organization announced the registration of 9.5 million injuries Novel corona virus around the world over the past week.
The organization indicated a jump of 71% in the weekly number of infections, and said that it amounts to a “tsunami” with the spread of the new mutant Omicron around the world.
In turn, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, said today, Thursday, “Last week, we recorded the largest number of Covid-19 infections so far since the outbreak of the pandemic.”
He also added that we are certain that these numbers are underestimated due to the backlog of tests during the end of the year holidays.
In its weekly report on the pandemic, the organization indicated that the weekly number of infected cases was slightly less than 9.5 million new cases, and more than 41,000 new deaths were reported during the past week.
Corona patient – expressions
It is not classified as light
While Omicron appears to be less severe than the Delta mutant, especially among vaccinated people, the WHO chief said: This does not mean it should be classified as mild. Just like previous mutants, Omicron sends people to hospitals, killing people.
And the head of the World Health Organization stated in a regular news briefing: The tsunami of cases is huge and so fast, that it is overwhelming health systems around the world.
Omicron – Expressionism
Great energy in the virus
The increases in the number of cases over the past week varied, the World Health Organization said, doubling in the Americas, but rising only 7% in Africa.
For his part, the head of emergencies at the World Health Organization, Dr. Michael Ryan, said that speculation that Omicron may be the latest type of outbreak was “optimistic thinking” and warned: “There is still a lot of energy in this virus.”
“I think it’s highly unlikely that Omicron is the last mutant you hear us discuss,” added Maria Van Kerkhove, technical lead for the COVID-19 crisis at the World Health Organization.