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Covid: vaccines’ effectiveness, severe disease… The WHO intends to reassure about the Omicron variant

As many countries are making more health measures to face the Omicron variant, the OMS tries to reassure. According to one of the Organization seniors who spoke to the AFP, there is “no reason” to think the current vaccines do not protect against the variant found for the first time in South Africa. Furthermore, the Omicron does not “cause more severe illness”.

Covid: "We are at a critical moment" of the pandemic, WHO admits

As Covid-19 contamination rates worldwide keep on growing for the seventh week in a row, the World Health Organization considers a critical threshold has been reached. Authorities condemn totally irresponsible behaviors "in some countries", while vaccination is slipping in Europe and other places in the world. A few months ago already, the body warned on the possibility of other pandemic - more severe than Covid - were likely to break out in a more or less distant future.

Covid: Coronavirus unlikely to be over by the end of the year, WHO warns

As many French people are hoping to get rid of the Covid-19 epidemic as soon as possible and get back to normal life, WHO considers “unrealistic” to “think the pandemic might be stopped by the end of the year”.

Coronavirus: Covid-19 may “never go away”, the WHO says

When will the Covid-19 pandemic end in the world? This is a question that the world, politicians, searchers and scientists are obsessed with. According to the World Health Organization, Covid-19 “may never go away”.