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'Covid-19 pandemic not over yet', warns WHO amid rising cases of Omicron XBB subvariant
WHO data showed that the Western Pacific Region tallied over 92 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, including more than 270,000 deaths since 2020.
Updated : Oct 22, 2022, 05:14 PM IST | Edited by : Riddhima Kanetkar
 "'Covid-19 pandemic not over yet', warns WHO amid rising cases of Omicron XBB subvariant")
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On Friday, an official from the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the Covid-19 pandemic is not over yet and that the continued emergence of sub-variants "poses a risk of resurgence and overwhelming health systems."
Addressing reporters, Babatunde Olowokure, director of Health Security and Emergencies for WHO in the Western Pacific, said that Singapore and New Zealand are experiencing a resurgence of new cases, while the Philippines, South Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and Vietnam have shown a sustained decline of cases, hospitalisation, and deaths since August, Xinhua news agency reported.
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Olowokure also said that the circulation of the Omicron XBB subvariant is fuelling the surge in Singapore, while the BA.5 is still the dominant variant in New Zealand.
"Singapore reimposed public health safety measures such as limiting visitors in hospitals and residential care homes," he said.
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WHO data showed that the Western Pacific Region tallied over 92 million confirmed Covid-19 cases, including more than 270,000 deaths since the highly infectious and fatal disease emerged in 2020.
Olowokure said the decline of cases in several countries is due to "relatively high vaccine coverage", but he urged people to remain vigilant despite the decline in reported cases regionally and globally, adding that the coronavirus continues to circulate in the region.
