COVID19 since the start of this pandemic and 15000 are still dying each week. 15000 mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, brothers, sisters, friends… people we love. “I know we are tired, but when did this become acceptable?" she questions.
As per data, globally, over the last 4 weeks, 26,722,228 new cases and 62,892 new deaths were reported to WHO. That’s a 15% rise in new cases & a +35% increase in new deaths over the reporting period.Millions have died from #COVID19 since the start of this pandemic and 15000 are still dying each week.15000 mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, brothers, sisters, friends… people we love.I know we are tired, but when did this become acceptable?A short thread… pic.twitter.com/vo1sKDaEvV The WHO official pointed out that in the coming day, the cases are likely to continue to rise ‘given the limited use of public health and social measures’.
But COVID19 hospitalisations, deaths & Long Covid can be minimised. Efforts need to be made to strengthen the use of life-saving interventions.
We can do this AND live our lives, she said in another tweet. Currently, Omicron BA5 is the dominant circulating variant but new variants are to emerge in the coming days, the official said cautioning, “reduced surveillance, testing & sequencing globally is making our ability to track known & detect new variants much more difficult." Speaking of the new variants, she said, There will be more variants with such intense circulation.