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The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that there were 9.5 million new cases of Covid-19 worldwide in the week, an increase of 71% over the week.
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The number of Covid-19-related deaths fell to 41,178 from 44,680 a week ago.
“The highest number of Covid-19 cases in a pandemic to date was reported last week,” said WHO Director-General Tedros Adanom Gebreesus.
The UN health agency reported in a weekly pandemic report that 9,520,488 new cases were registered in a week.
Although the omicron strain of the virus does not appear to have as severe consequences as the delta strain, especially when a person has been vaccinated, the WHO chief said: “This does not mean that it can be categorized as mild. As with previous forms, it hospitalizes people, it kills people. ”
“The tsunami is actually so great that it is damaging health systems around the world,” the WHO chief said at a news conference.
The increase in new cases of Covid-19 varies across the world. In America it has doubled, but in Africa it has increased by only 7%.
The assumption that omicron may be the last variant of the coronavirus is a “preferred assignment,” said Michael Ryan, WHO Emergency Management Director. “There is still energy in this virus.”
“It is highly unlikely that the omicron will be the last type you will hear us discuss,” added Maria van Kerkhove, Technical Director of the WHO Covid-19 program.
WHO officials urged the public to step up its efforts to combat the pandemic by vaccinating, ventilating the premises, observing social distance, wearing masks and doing so appropriately.
“I’m very surprised at how people actually wear masks,” Kerkhove said.
On another issue, Ryan said the WHO’s work with the International Olympic Committee and China, which is hosting the 2022 Winter Games, has given him confidence that the measures taken by the game’s organizers are “very strong and very strong.”
“We do not currently see an increased risk of transmitting the disease in this context,” said Ryan.
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