Omicron scare: WHO chief said Covid end year

Omicron scare all around the world the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he is optimistic that the Covid-19 pandemic will be end in 2022, provided countries work together to contain its spread.

WHO chief Ghebreyesus warned against “narrow nationalism and vaccine hoarding” in a new year statement. His comments come two years since the WHO was first notified of cases of an unknown pneumonia strain in China. He warned that continuing inequity in vaccine distribution was increasing the risk of the virus evolving.

“Narrow nationalism and vaccine hoarding by some countries have undermined equity and created the ideal conditions for the emergence of the Omicron variant, and the longer inequity continues, the higher the risks of the virus evolving in ways we can’t prevent or predict,” he said. “If we end inequity, we end the pandemic.

Omicron scare Delhi Lockdown Delhi witnessing a sharp surge in COVID-19 cases, Corona cases sudden surge in national capital fuelled by the highly contagious Omicron variant. Fear starts Delhi lockdown again, Health minister hinted to imposed strict restriction. Government hinted on bringing more restriction if and when required.

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The national capital on Monday reported 4,099 new Corona cases, 28% more than on Sunday and with this the positivity rate soared to 6.46%.  “Till Sunday, there were around 8,000 active cases in Delhi and just 3.4% of the total 9,024 Covid beds in the hospitals were occupied. There were around 1,500 to 2,000 patients in the hospitals when Delhi reported an equal number of active cases the last time,” Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain told at the Delhi Assembly earlier in the day. “We will implement more strict restrictions if the bed occupancy rate goes up,” the minister added.