warns against complacency with the Omicron variable
On Thursday before last, the World Health Organization it was publicly announced the new Omicron variant may result in less serious diseases than other variants such as Delta and others, but it remains incorrect to tolerate Omicron and consider it a normal variant.
Yes, there are high cure rates for the omicron variant and a low incidence of infection in young adults, but omicron remains a fast-spreading variant and not a mild variant, says Dr. Janet Diaz, WHO's clinical management director.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, adds that although OMICRON is less dangerous than Delta, especially in individuals who have received the vaccine, it is not a variable that can be tolerated, as OMICRON still causes people to be hospitalized and leads to their death.
Dr. Bruce Aylward, a consultant to the World Health Organization, expressed his concern about the failure of about 36 countries in the world to reach the rate of vaccinating 10% of their population, and that 80% of the recent infections targeted the unvaccinated.
In the end, Tedros warned of the lack of justice in the distribution of vaccines around the world, which made the opportunity favorable for the Covid-19 virus to mutate and produce a new variable and called on the whole world to cooperate to reach the goal of the World Health Organization, which is to receive vaccination 70% of the world's population.
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