The WHO asks the world stay “vigilant” in the face of the new increase in infections due to the coronavirus pandemic. This was emphasized by his general director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesuswho sees “hopefully” that cases will continue to increase in the coming weeks, especially in those areas where restrictions are being lifted.
“After several weeks of declines, reported cases of COVID-19 are on the rise again around the world, especially in parts of Asia. These increases come despite reduced testing in some countries, meaning that cases what we are seeing are only the tip of the iceberg“, Explain.
In the same way, he has criticized the levels “unacceptably high” of mortality that continues to exist in many areas, insisting on the need for “everyone” to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Among the reasons why we are seeing this new uptick in cases is the arrival of the BA.2 sublineage of the Omicron variant, the most transmissible version of the virus to date. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, a WHO epidemiologist, advances that we will see “more hospitalizations” due to this increase in cases.
César Carballo warns: “It sounds like previous waves”
On the Sixth Night, the emergency physician Cesar Carballo spoke of the evolution of the pandemic in recent days, with a “increase in emergency cases” which reminds them of “the previous waves.” This is due, according to Carballo, to the relaxation of measures that are taking place.
“The silent variant has become predominant in our country and we are sequencing it in more than 50%. And you have to remember: is even more contagious than Omicron“, he emphasizes, an intervention that you can see again in the following video.
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