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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO: Omicron Risk Remains Very High

Covid-19 cases have shot up globally with the variant Omicron driving the surge in several countries. Ina FASSBENDER AFP

The risk level related to the Omicron variant remains very high, the WHO said late Tuesday, with the numbers of new Covid-19 cases hitting another record high last week.

"Over 21 million new cases were reported, representing the highest number of weekly cases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic," the World Health Organization said in its weekly epidemiological coronavirus update.

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