Too early to declare victory against the virus: WHO

While a majority of cities are easing the Covid curbs, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday urged nations to go slow on relaxing COVID-related curbs as many countries are yet to witness Omicron-led COVID peaks. The WHO chief, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned, "It is too early to surrender or to declare victory against the virus. This virus is dangerous, and it continues to evolve before our very eyes. The WHO Officials further notified that the UN health agency is currently tracking emerging variants, including the Omicron sub-lineage BA.2."

The WHO officials said, "While the new Covid variant is known to be milder, we are now starting to see a very worrying increase in deaths in most regions of the world, he said, adding, It is vital to keep striving to halt transmission of the virus."

The WHO gave the statement as a majority of cities across the world are easing and providing relaxation in the Covid norms, after seeing a dip in the number of Omicron cases. To this, the WHO has warned that leniency right now, might again bring an overwhelming number of cases. "We can't fight this virus if we don't know what it's doing.", the WHO chief added.