Covid around the world: UK’s ‘terrible toll’ of 150,000 deaths; French anti-vaxxers take to streets
India Today
The Omicron variant is pushing cases to all-time highs as an exhausted world struggles to stem the spread. Here’s a rundown of how countries around the world are dealing with the latest Covid surge.
The ultra-contagious Omicron variant is pushing cases to all-time highs and causing chaos as an exhausted world struggles to stem the spread. Two million new coronavirus cases were recorded on average across the world every day between 1 and 7 January, with figures doubling in 10 days, according to a tally by Agence France-Presse. New global case numbers have soared 270 per cent since Omicron was discovered in South Africa in late November.
The stratospheric rise in cases is straining healthcare and essential services in many parts of the world, as the virus infects frontline workers, causing severe shortages in staff.
