in the last hour, the director general of the world health organization has said that the omicron variant is putting an enormous strain on health care systems and staff around the world. tedros ghebreyesus told a press conference in geneva that it was time for rich countries to turn their backs on short term nationalism and end global vaccine inequality. delta and omicron are twin threats that are delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases to - delta and omicron are twin threats that are driving up cases to recordl that are driving up cases to record nunrbers that are driving up cases to record numbers. which that are driving up cases to record numbers. which again that are driving up cases to record numbers. which again is - that are driving up cases to record numbers. which again is leadi
been asked of them, get vaccinated, get boosted, and begin to practice the kind of behavior knowing that this virus is going to be with us. we are now 78% vaccinated, 40% and growing, in terms of people being boosted. and we also have a natural immunity from, of course, unfortunately omicron being around us and so we science, the numbers telling us, science is telling us it is okay to drop the mask, but make sure you re man managing the situation going forward. you also say we have to learn to live with it. what exactly does that mean? well, i, again, it is going to be with us for a while. science tells us this virus has potential to stick around, we may have other variants that come out and as our public health director bob mcdonald said yesterday, you know, what omicron showed us, we re beginning to see the waning of the impact of this virus again because of the number of people who are vaccinated and people who have natural immunity from the omicron. we believe that future var
mississippi where the rate of childhood vaccination for covid is low. that s another equity issue i take seriously. i would say that first of all, in these next weeks while we are planning, while various states are planning to drop the mask man dates, it is critical to keep trying and beyond to keep trying to get every last person in the school communities vaccinated. that being said, what omicron has yus done is leave behind a lot of immunity due to the infection. i think that we will see that in the next months there is a fair degree of protection in the school community compared to where we were at the beginning of the school year and last year. the other piece is that treatments are becoming much more readily available.
The Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on Wednesday asked the Union Territory Health and Medical Education Department to prioritise prov
The Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on Wednesday asked the Union Territory Health and Medical Education Department to prioritise prov