WHO tracking 'about 200' sub-lineages of Omicron Covid variant

Technical lead for the WHO on Covid-19, Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, said Omicron now makes up 99% of all Covid-cases.

Weekly deaths from Covid-19 around the world now stand at just 10% of the weekly totals during January 2021, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said.

Director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said they can now see the end of the pandemic in sight. “The number of weekly deaths continues to decline. They are now just 10% of what they were at the peak in January 2021,” he said.