Hope 'that the worst of latest Covid wave is over' says WHO boss

Concern remains for countries with low vaccination rates, the World Health Organization has said.

There is now hope that the worst of the Omicron wave of the Covid-10 pandemic is over for many countries, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Countries with a high vaccination rate are seeing decreasing Covid-19 cases, but concern remains for those with low vaccination rates, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a briefing today.