Geneva : citing the recent increase in covid-19 caseNotably in China, a World Health Organization (WHO) spokesman said on Friday that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic was far from over.
The United Nations health agency had earlier said that the acute phase global pandemic This year may be over, but it will depend on how quickly we meet the target of immunizing 70% of the population in each country, among other factors.
Regarding the timing of the end of the pandemic, Margaret Harris said it was “too far away”. “We are definitely in the middle of the pandemic,” she said.
After a decline of more than a month, cases of covid The increase began last week around the world, the WHO said, as Asia and China’s Jilin province grapple with the outbreak of lockdown.
The WHO said a combination of factors was causing the increase, including the highly permeable Omicron variant and its cousin Ba.2 sub-variant, and the lifting of public health and social measures.
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