Director of the WHO: We are heading for a tsunami of cases

Gebrejesus also says that delta and omicron are a double threat that leads to negative records in the number of cases, which leads to an increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths

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Gebrejesus, Photo: Reuters
Gebrejesus, Photo: Reuters
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The simultaneous circulation of delta and omicron variants of the coronavirus is leading to a "tsunami of cases", said the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also says that delta and omicron are a double threat that leads to negative records in the number of cases, which leads to an increase in the number of hospitalizations and deaths.

Tedros reiterated his call for countries to distribute vaccines more equitably and warned that an emphasis on booster doses in wealthier countries could leave poor nations without vaccines.

He said the WHO is campaigning for every country to reach the goal of 70 percent vaccination of the population by mid-2022, which would help end the acute phase of the pandemic.

New Year's Eve will mark the second anniversary since China alerted the WHO to 27 cases of "viral pneumonia" of unknown origin in the city of Wuhan.

Since then, more than 281 million people worldwide have been reported infected with the new coronavirus, and more than five million have died, according to Reuters.

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