The increased spread puts “immense pressure on exhausted health workers and health systems on the brink of collapse,“ WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
As worldwide COVID cases spike because of the omicron variant, World Health Organization leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he’s worried the newest wave will overwhelm hospitals and cause more preventable deaths. “I’m highly concerned that omicron, being more transmissible (and) circulating at the same time as delta, is leading to a tsunami of cases,” the WHO’s director-general said Wednesday. The increased spread puts “immense pressure on exhausted health workers and health systems on the brink of collapse.” WHO researchers said early data from South Africa, the U.
