Next Covid-19 variant will be more infectious than Omicron, possibly deadlier, warns WHO
2 years, 10 months ago

Next Covid-19 variant will be more infectious than Omicron, possibly deadlier, warns WHO

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Even as the world limps back to normalcy with the Omicron wave subsiding, experts have warned that the next Covid-19 variant will be more transmissible, and perhaps, more deadly than its predecessors. In a recent press briefing, World Health Organization epidemiologist and technical lead on Covid-19 Dr Maria Van Kerkhove stressed that the pandemic is far from over and future variants will be in some way more virulent than Omicron is now. Omicron, which was quickly tagged as a variant of concern after being detected in South Africa in late November 2021, has replaced Delta as the dominant strain in a much shorter interval. Dr Van Kerkhove has cautioned that there is “no guarantee” the coronavirus will get weaker as it evolves and that although the world might hope that’s the case, “we can’t bank on it.” READ | Milder Omicron an ‘evolutionary mistake’?

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