World hits record COVID cases in a week as WHO warns over Omicron
PARIS — The world hit a record number of COVID infections in a week, an AFP tally revealed on Wednesday, as the WHO warned that Omicron poses a "very high" risk and could yet overwhelm healthcare systems.The highly transmissible variant has seen case records in multiple countries and registered infections were up 37 per cent globally from December 22-28 compared to the