An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled: WHO
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Postpone your parties: WHO chief
The president of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that celebrations will lead to "more cases, overloaded health systems, and more deaths" in many places, and has advised people to postpone parties. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, "An event cancelled is better than a life cancelled."
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Omicron spreading faster than Delta
According to Ghebreyesus , the Omicron form is spreading quicker than the Delta variant and is infecting patients who have already been vaccinated or have recovered from Covid-19 illness.
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Can't say for sure it's milder
It would be "unwise" to conclude from early evidence that Omicron was a milder variety than prior ones, according to WHO head scientist Soumya Swaminathan.
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Targeted boosters
Because the Omicron variant is able to evade some immune responses, the booster programmes currently being implemented in many countries should be aimed at persons with weakened immune systems.
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Ray of hope
However, the WHO team also offered some hope to a tired globe confronting the current wave, predicting that the pandemic would end in 2022.