BBC: Omicron: WHO warns of 'high infection risk' around globe
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses a high risk of infection surges around the globe.
The variant could lead to severe consequences in some regions, the WHO said on Monday. The head of the organisation, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, renewed a call for a global push to get vaccines to poorer nations.
Covid-19 is "not done with us" yet he warned.
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WNU Editor: Two days ago the WHO was calling this variant a"variant of concern". Now they are calling it "high risk". What will they call it at the end of this week?
World Health Organization Warns Of Very High Risk Posed By The Omicron Variant
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