ENCOURAGING global signs show new COVID cases declining for the last six weeks, and deaths down for five weeks, but worldwide deaths reported last week rose in three of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) six regions, the WHO chief said Monday.
“We still see a mixed picture around the world,” WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus told a twice-weekly press webinar in Geneva.
The number of reported deaths last week climbed in Africa, the Americas, and the Western Pacific, he added.
He also warned that with the increased global transmission of variants of concern, including the Delta one, prevalent in Britain, lifting restrictions too quickly could be “disastrous” for those not vaccinated.
Increasingly, the world sees a two-track pandemic, with many countries still in a perilous situation, while some with the highest vaccination rates are talking about ending restrictions, said Tedros.
There is a decline in mortality among older age groups in
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