World Health Organisation (WHO) said that coronavirus infections will occur where measures are lifted despite high vaccination coverage.
Noting that 99.9% of cases reported recently was Omicron, officials further asserted that the variant (including BA.1 and BA.2) is dominant globally and it is highly transmissible.
The warning comes as new infections jumped by 8% globally last week, compared to the previous week. As per WHO, the number of new coronavirus deaths reported worldwide fell by 17% in the last week while COVID-19 infections rose, reversing a decline in cases that first began in January.
Owing to the recent rise in the number of cases, WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove explained There are a lot of questions about what’s going on with COVID19 so let’s break it down.