WHO warns COVID-19’s new variant may be more infectious & deadly

World: The globe has been dealing with the latest variant of COVID-19, Omicron, and now the concern has risen as the scientists of the World Health Organisation - WHO has issued a warning that the new variant of the virus could be more infectious and deadlier as compared to previous ones, Delta and Omicron.

The experts have stated that the new variant might have more transmissions, which would make it more robust than its predecessors.

Omicron is not the last deadly variant of the COVID-19, said WHO COVID-19 Technical Lead Van Kerkhove, addressing the question and answer session. The session was streamed live on the social media platforms of the World Health Organisation.

She further said that WHO has been tracking four different variants of Omicron. Kerkhove added, “Now, we are fully aware of the virus, but there are many surprise variants to come. We are tracking this virus in real-time as it mutates as it changes. But it has a lot of space to move.”

She further explained that Omicron was a unique variant of COVID-19, and there are chances that it would not be the last one. The next variant will hopefully come; it may take some time to reach. But with the level of intensity of the spread, the possibility that we will have other variants is really high.

She added that we should increase the vaccination coverage around the world and take several measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19.

On Wednesday, the COVID-19 cases across the globe crossed the mark of 400 million following the Omicron variant continues to dominate the world. The increased cases have pushed the health systems of various countries at the brink of capacity.

The latest COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is behind the surge of cases worldwide. According to the global health body statics, the deaths due to COVID-19 have increased by 70 percent in the last five weeks.