“For the fourth week in a row, there is a global increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases. Fatalities are rising again after ten weeks of decline. Unfortunately, we are currently in the early stages of the third wave, “said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreesus.
The Delta version is currently available in more than 111 countries. The WHO expects it to soon become the dominant strain of COVID-19 and recommends to get vaccinated.