The head of the World Health Organisation has raised concerns about the "increasing trend" of Covid-19 deaths across the globe - and urged Governments to bring back measures like masking and ventilation. WHO director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned the coronavirus pandemic is "nowhere near over".
His comments come as new Office for National Statistics figures show more than 200,000 people in the UK have had Covid-19 recorded on their death certificate since the pandemic started. Infections and hospital admissions have once again been on the rise, driven by the coronavirus subvariant Omicron BA.2.
Experts have warned that new variants can re-infect even those with some form of antibody immunity in a matter of weeks. Dr Ghebreyesus urged Governments worldwide to "deploy tried and tested measures like masking, improved ventilation and test and treat protocols".
