Omicron spreading faster than Delta and vaccinated, recovered more likely to be infected WHO chief

Follow us on Telegram: t. me, s, ruptlynews Subscribe to our channel Mandatory credit: WHO The Omicron variant of the coronavirus is spreading at a quicker rate than Delta, World Health Organisation DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in Geneva on Monday. There is now consistent evidence that Omicron is spreading significantly faster than the Delta variant. And it s more likely that people who have been vaccinated or have recovered from COVID19 could be infected or reinfected, Ghebreyesus said. The WHO also called on people to cancel or delay events in the interest of slowing the spread of the virus and asked countries to focus on vaccinating the unvaccinated instead of putting all hope into booster vaccine campaigns as unvaccinated patients still take up more ICU beds globally. SOT, Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization: More than 3. 3 million people have lost their lives to COVID19 this year. More deaths than from HI