{"id":70003,"date":"2021-12-29T19:40:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T19:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=70003"},"modified":"2021-12-29T19:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T19:41:46","slug":"world-hits-record-covid-19-cases-who-warns-over-omicron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/70003\/","title":{"rendered":"World hits record Covid-19 cases, WHO warns over Omicron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ERBIL, KRG, Iraq (North Press) \u2013 <\/strong>Global COVID-19 infections hit a record high over the past seven-day period, Reuters data showed on Wednesday, as the new Omicron variant raced out of control, keeping workers at home and overwhelming testing centers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Almost 900,000 cases were detected on average each day around the world between December 22 and 28, with myriad countries posting new all-time highs over the past 24 hours, including the United States, Australia and many European nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is currently spreading at an unprecedented speed, far exceeding the previous highest rate of outbreak recorded between April 23 and 29, amounting to 817,000 infections per day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of infections, which has been increasing globally since mid-October, increased by 37% in the past seven days compared to the previous week, and this has forced several countries to impose additional restrictions, especially during the celebration of Christmas and New Year&#8217;s Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Omicron is behind the rapid virus spikes, the WHO said earlier on Wednesday in its COVID weekly epidemiological update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Consistent evidence shows that the Omicron variant has a growth advantage over the Delta variant with a doubling time of two to three days,&#8221; said WHO, adding that many countries, including the United States and Britain, have witnessed a rapid increase in the spread of HIV infections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite its confirmation of the acceleration of infections with Omicron, WHO indicated a drop in infections by 29% in South Africa, the first country in which Omicron was first announced on t last November 24.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reporting by Hozan Zubeir<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the #Omicron is not as dangerous as the #Delta, the world is witnessing a great acceleration in the registration of infections with the new variant. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":70004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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