Geneva-Sana
The World Health Organization has warned that the risk posed by the rapidly spreading mutant Omicron is still very high, after the number of Covid-19 infections jumped by 11 percent globally last week.
“Omicron is behind the rise in infections in many countries, including those that exceeded the previously dominant delta mutant,” the organization said in its weekly update of the epidemiological situation, adding that “the risk related to the new and worrying omicron mutant remains, in general, very high.”
And she continued, "Consistent evidence shows that omicron has the advantage of growing with a doubled time of two to three days compared to Delta, as many countries have witnessed a rapid increase in the spread of infections, including Britain and the United States," noting that "the speed of the growth rate of the omicron mutant is likely to be a combination of ability by evading the immune system and self-increasing transmissibility.”
Despite this, the organization pointed to a 29 percent decrease in injuries in South Africa, the first country to report the mutant on the 24th of last November, and said that “early data from Britain, South Africa and Denmark, which currently have the highest rates of injuries, indicate a decrease in hospitalizations in people with Omicron.” Delta comparison.
And the organization revealed that last week, and after a gradual increase since October, the rate of new infections with the Corona virus globally increased by 11% compared to the previous week, while new deaths decreased by four percent, and “this is equivalent to just under five million new infections and more than 44,000 deaths.” She explained that the largest number of new infections were reported in the United States, Britain, France and Italy.
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