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Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:00 PM Mar 2022

Rising Covid infections just 'tip of the iceberg' - WHO

Figures showing a global rise in Covid-19 cases could herald a much bigger problem as some countries also report a drop in testing rates, the WHO has said.

After more than a month of decline, Covid cases started to increase around the world last week, the WHO said, with lockdowns in Asia and China's Jilin province battling to contain an outbreak.

A combination of factors was causing the increases, including the highly transmissible Omicron variant and its cousin the BA.2 sub-variant, and the lifting of public health and social measures, the WHO said.

"These increases are occurring despite reductions in testing in some countries, which means the cases we're seeing are just the tip of the iceberg," WHO's head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told reporters.

https://www.rte.ie/news/coronavirus/2022/0316/1286708-coronavirus-global/

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Rising Covid infections just 'tip of the iceberg' - WHO (Original Post) Sherman A1 Mar 2022 OP
Here we go again SheltieLover Mar 2022 #1
Said it every year... 2naSalit Mar 2022 #2
+100 I'm with you! nt abqtommy Mar 2022 #3

2naSalit

(91,326 posts)
2. Said it every year...
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:57 PM
Mar 2022

And I'll say it again. A pandemic's "run" is usually 3-5 years, vaccine or not. We're only half way through. I am still wearing a mask in public indoor places.

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