The World Health Organization's (WHO's) top official said today that cases and deaths have doubled over the past 2 months and are at worrying rates, even in countries that had avoided earlier surges.In India, currently one of the world's worst hot spots, cases reached a record high for the eighth day in a row, as the country's health officials looked for ways to increase vaccine production.WHO: sharp rises, even in strong-response countriesWeekly cases peaked the week of Jan 4 with about 5 million cases, and weekly levels are approaching that number, with cases up for the seventh week in a row.
At a briefing today, the WHO's Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, said Papua New Guinea (PNG) is among the countries that had avoided