The World Health Organization announced the registration of half a million deaths in”Corona” globally since the discovery of “Omicron” in late November.
Abdi Mahmoud, Director of the organization’s accident Department, said that 130 million infections and 500 thousand deaths have been recorded in the world since the announcement of Omicron mutant alarming in November, and since then Omicron mutant Delta quickly exceeded to become the tyrant in the world being the fastest spread, although it seemed that its symptoms are less severe.
He added that while everyone was saying Omicron was less harmful, they missed the fact that half a million people had died since it was discovered, describing it as more than tragic.
For her part, Maria van Kerkhoff, head of the technical team on”Corona” at the World Health Organization, said that the huge number of Omicron infections is staggering, and the real numbers may be much higher than those known..She considered that the Omicron mutant makes the previous peaks look almost flat.