{"id":143011,"date":"2022-02-02T04:35:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T03:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=143011"},"modified":"2022-02-02T04:36:43","modified_gmt":"2022-02-02T03:36:43","slug":"who-almost-90m-covid-cases-of-omicron-variant-recorded-in-10-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/02\/who-almost-90m-covid-cases-of-omicron-variant-recorded-in-10-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO: Almost 90m COVID cases of Omicron variant recorded in 10 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that almost 90 million COVID cases have been reported worldwide since the Omicron variant was identified.<\/p>\n<p>This was made known on Tuesday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/31\/man-who-ran-away-from-police-cell-remanded-in-prison-till-further-notice-in-osogbo\/\">WHO<\/a> director-general, Tedros Ghebreyesus at a<span class=\"s1\"> virtual media briefing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to Tedros Ghebreyesus, the figure is greater than the number recorded in 2020.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cSince Omicron was first identified just 10 weeks ago, almost 90 million cases have been reported to WHO \u2014 more than were reported in the whole of 2020,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.who.int\/\"><strong>data<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by WHO, 4,275,794 cases of COVID were recorded as of the last week of 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The director-general said the organisation is concerned that while deaths from the virus are increasing, countries are beginning to find it unnecessary to prevent transmission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He added that it is premature for any country to declare victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/31\/covid-19-nigeria-records-22-fresh-infections-in-four-states-and-fct\/\">COVID<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe are now starting to see a very worrying increase in deaths in most regions of the world,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019re concerned that a narrative has taken hold in some countries that because of vaccines, and because of Omicron\u2019s high transmissibility and lower severity, preventing transmission is no longer possible, and no longer necessary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cNothing could be further from the truth.\u00a0<\/span>More transmission means more deaths. We are not calling for any country to return to so-called lockdown. But we are calling on all countries to protect their people using every tool in the toolkit, not vaccines alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis virus is dangerous, and it continues to evolve before our very eyes. WHO is currently tracking four sub-lineages of the Omicron variant of concern, including BA.2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThis virus will continue to evolve, which is why we call on countries to continue testing, surveillance and sequencing. We can\u2019t fight this virus if we don\u2019t know what it\u2019s doing, and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">we must continue to work to ensure all people have access to vaccines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cAt the same time, it\u2019s also clear that as this virus evolves, so vaccines may need to evolve.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Variants of SARS-CoV-2 may continue to escape neutralising antibodies induced by vaccines against prior variants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIn addition, the reservoir of beta coronaviruses is large, and new crossovers to humans is likely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cIf we prepare now, the time required for large scale vaccine manufacture will be reduced and lives will be saved.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has disclosed that almost 90 million COVID cases have been reported worldwide since the Omicron variant was identified. 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