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WHO Director Warns Against Assuming Omicron is Last COVID Variant, Pandemic Near 'Endgame'
By Katie Wermus On 1/24/22 at 10:51 AM EST
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday it is dangerous to assume that the Omicron variant would be the last COVID-19 strain as global conditions are "ideal" for new mutations.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the WHO's executive board it is dangerous to presume the global pandemic is reaching the "endgame" after the fast-spreading Omicron variant emerged, with more cases reported in nine weeks than all of 2020, CNBC reported.
"There are different scenarios for how the pandemic could play out and how the acute phase could end. But it's dangerous to assume that Omicron will be the last variant or that we are in the endgame," he said.
"On the contrary, globally, the conditions are ideal for more variants to emerge."
Tedros told the board there was an average of 100 COVID-19 cases reported to the organization every three seconds and someone died from the virus every 12 seconds. More than 80 million cases were reported globally since the Omicron variant was discovered.
The world can't "gamble on a virus whose evolution we cannot control or predict," he said, according to CNBC.
However, he was optimistic the COVID-19 pandemic could reach a turning point in 2022. He added "we can end COVID-19 as a global health emergency, and we can do it this year," if certain goals are met
WHO Director Warns Against Assuming Omicron is Last COVID Variant, Pandemic Near 'Endgame'
By Katie Wermus On 1/24/22 at 10:51 AM EST
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday it is dangerous to assume that the Omicron variant would be the last COVID-19 strain as global conditions are "ideal" for new mutations.
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the WHO's executive board it is dangerous to presume the global pandemic is reaching the "endgame" after the fast-spreading Omicron variant emerged, with more cases reported in nine weeks than all of 2020, CNBC reported.
"There are different scenarios for how the pandemic could play out and how the acute phase could end. But it's dangerous to assume that Omicron will be the last variant or that we are in the endgame," he said.
"On the contrary, globally, the conditions are ideal for more variants to emerge."
Tedros told the board there was an average of 100 COVID-19 cases reported to the organization every three seconds and someone died from the virus every 12 seconds. More than 80 million cases were reported globally since the Omicron variant was discovered.
The world can't "gamble on a virus whose evolution we cannot control or predict," he said, according to CNBC.
However, he was optimistic the COVID-19 pandemic could reach a turning point in 2022. He added "we can end COVID-19 as a global health emergency, and we can do it this year," if certain goals are met
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