WHO once again warns again not to take Amikeron lightly

World Health Organization officials said on the 8th that many countries around the world have not yet passed the peak of the epidemic brought about by the mutated new coronavirus Omilton strain. Since the mutation was discovered last November, there have been 130 million new confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 500,000 new deaths worldwide.

ACCORDING TO WHO data, as of 16:00 CET on the 8th, the cumulative number of confirmed covid-19 cases worldwide exceeded 396 million, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 5.74 million.

Abdi Mahmoud, WHO's COVID-19 response officer, said that "it is sad to say that the Olmikron variant is milder, but ignores the fact that 500,000 people have died since its discovery", a fact that has occurred after the advent of a COVID-19 vaccine that has been proven effective.

Maria VanKelkhof, WHO's technical head of COVID-19, said the number of confirmed cases of infection with the Omikejun strain was "staggering" and that the actual number of cases could be even higher. The surge in cases following the spread of the Olmikron strain dwarfs the previous peaks of the outbreak. "We are still in the midst of an outbreak," she said, "and many countries have not yet reached the peak of infection in Omikejong." She is extremely disturbed by the fact that the number of new deaths has been on the rise in recent weeks, suggesting that "the virus is still dangerous."

Some countries are relaxing or intend to relax anti-epidemic restrictions to varying degrees, citing high vaccination rates and the relatively mild disease caused by the more contagious Omilton strain. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reiterated his concern about this tendency at a press conference on the 1st of this month. On the same day, Van Krkhof reminded governments that the "unsealing" should be carried out in a steady and slow manner. According to Xinhua News Agency

Source: Shenyang Evening News