GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the world is in a very dangerous period of the coronavirus pandemic with the more transmissible Delta variant detected in at least 98 countries.
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday (July 2) the variant, which was first reported in India, is dangerous as it continues to evolve and mutate.
Therefore, it required constant evaluation and careful adjustment of the public health response.
The Delta (variant) has been detected in at least 98 countries and is spreading quickly in countries with low and high vaccination coverage , he said. In those countries with low Covid-19 vaccination coverage, terrible scenes of hospitals overflowing are again becoming the norm. But no country is out of the woods yet.
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The HSE has admitted a greater risk of blood clotting in younger people still exists for the AstraZeneca vaccine, but that risk is now outweighed by a need to speed up public vaccination.
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Contrairement à ce qui était attendu, la Wallonie et Bruxelles gardent la couleur orange sur la carte du Centre européen de prévention et de contrôle des maladies (ECDC), mise à jour jeudi. La Flandre, elle, est passée en vert il y a une semaine.
Selon de récentes prévisions du Centre de crise et de l’Institut de santé publique Sciensano, si la diminution des indicateurs de la pandémie de coronavirus conservait un bon rythme, la Belgique passerait en vert sur la carte à la fin juin. Ce n’est finalement pas encore le cas pour deux de ses trois Régions.