“World Health”: expects more mutations to appear, and the pandemic is not over yet

The chief scientist of the World Health Organization, Somya Swaminathan, confirmed, on Friday, that the world has not yet witnessed the end of the Covid-19 pandemic, as more mutated strains of the Corona virus are expected to appear.

"We've seen the virus evolve and mutate, and we know there will be more mutated strains," Swaminathan told reporters in South Africa.

And the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Matshidiso Moeti, considered, on Thursday, that the organization’s estimates reveal that the number of Covid-19 infections on the continent may be seven times higher than what the official data indicate, while deaths may be two or three times higher than the announced. .

The countries of the Middle East are witnessing an acceleration in the rate of infection with the Corona virus due to the decrease in vaccination rates.

The WHO regional director for the region, Ahmed Al-Mandhari, said the daily average of reported COVID-19 cases had risen to 110,000 in the past six weeks, while the average daily death toll had risen to 345 in the past three weeks.

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