Even if the hope of a way out of the crisis is growing, the Omicron wave has not finished spreading across the world.
The international situation is characterized by
“a rapid diffusion of the Omicron variant, a continuous decline of Delta and a circulation at a very low level of Alpha, Beta and Gamma”
, specifies the World Health Organization (WHO) which says to concentrate its efforts on the reduction of transmission and on vaccination, in particular that of the most vulnerable.
On this condition,
“it is plausible that we will
end the acute phase of the pandemic
in 2022”
, she underlines.
More than 21 million cases of Covid-19 were reported last week - the highest rate since the start of the pandemic.
In addition, while mortality had been reduced on January 2 to its lowest level since October 2020, the curve has started to rise again with Omicron.
50,000 deaths were reported worldwide last week.
In expansion phase
Unlike the variants that preceded it…
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