Weekly epidemiological updates issued by WHO showed that the daily calculation of global cases had increased sharply during the week between December 27, 2021, and January 2, 2022, amounted to 71 percent compared to the previous week.
Given the increasing number of Coronavirus (Covid-19) in the world, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreesus on Thursday said the “Tsunami case” – driven by the new and very contagious Omicron variant – has now started to flood the health system the whole world.
In the new height, the number of 9.5 million previous Covid-19 cases was reported globally on Sunday between December 27, 2021, and January 2, 2022. Weekly epidemiological renewal issued by WHO shows that the daily calculation of global cases has increased sharply during this duration amounting to 71 percent compared to the previous week.
The number of new deaths also took a 10 percent increase over this range. This is in accordance with only under 9.5 million new cases and more than 41,000 new deaths were reported during last week.
Pointing to a sudden surge in the Global Covid-19 case, Ghebreyesus said, “Last week, the highest number of Covid-19 cases so far in a pandemic reported. And we know, surely, that this is the thing that underestimates the case because the reported amount is not Reflecting the piles of testing around the holidays, the number of positive independent tests that are not registered, and weigh on the surveillance system that misses cases around the world. “
“Just like the previous variant, Omicron is the people in the hospital and it kills people,” he added. “Actually, the tsunami case is very large and fast, that it is an extraordinary health system throughout the world.”
Regarding vaccination, the Head of WHO said that while the first generation of Covid-19 vaccine might not be able to stop all infections and transmissions, especially considering the new variants that appeared, they were still very effective in reducing the amount of hospitalization and death.
He said the main things to remember, as usual, is vaccination, public health social steps, including wearing the right mask, distance, avoiding the crowd, and increasing and investing in ventilation.