The heightening cases of Coronavirus were reported in “four out of the six WHO regions” due to tests and a decrease in genome sequencing in many countries. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhenom Ghebreyesus said, on Tuesday.
“Over the last week, Covid-19 cases have risen in four out of the six WHO regions. Due to testing and sequencing reducing in many countries, it is increasingly difficult to know where the virus is and how it’s mutating,” the WHO director-general said.
He then on saying, he is concerned about the further spreading of “Covid-19 in the country” as some parts of the country such as North Korea are under concern as the number of cases was reported within a week and they have not been vaccinated which is a risk of severe disease and death.
“WHO is deeply concerned at the risk of further spread of Covid-19 in the country particularly because the population is unvaccinated and many have underlying conditions putting them at risk of severe disease and death,” Tedros told a media briefing in Geneva.
“We know the virus better and we have better tools, including vaccines, so that’s why the handling of the virus should actually be different from what we used to do at the start of the pandemic,” Tedros said, adding that the virus had changed significantly since it was first identified in Wuhan in late 2019.
