Although it causes less severe symptoms, omicron is not considered mild according to the WHO

A much more contagious omicron mutation in the coronavirus may cause less severe symptoms than the globally dominant delta variant, yet cannot be classified as mild, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.

According to Janet Diaz, WHO’s Chief Clinical Officer, studies to date show that the need for treatments. Omicron is less likely to cause serious illness in young people and older people alike.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebrews said at a press conference in Geneva that omicron could not be considered. ” (”

The WHO has repeatedly called for a more proportionate global distribution of available vaccines.” As he said, given the current production capacity, 109 countries will not be able to meet the WHO target of 70% of the world’s population vaccinated by July this year.

The Director-General spoke about this. also that in the week between December 27 and January 2, the number of newly diagnosed infections rose 71 percent to 9.5 million. He stressed that such an increase had not been seen before. As he said, the number of new cases doubled in North and South America that week, while the number of new cases in Europe rose 65 percent. 41,000 deaths were also registered during the period. However, due to a lack of testing, the real numbers could be much higher, he added.

Bruce Aylward, a WHO consultant, reported it did not even reach ten percent. He added that 80 percent of patients with severe symptoms worldwide are not vaccinated. (MTI)