Covid: Deadly Omicron should not be called mild, warns WHO

Covid: Deadly Omicron should not be called mild, warns WHO The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against describing the Omicron variant as mild, saying it is killing people across the world.

Recent studies suggest that Omicron is less likely to make people seriously ill than previous Covid variants.

But the record number of people catching it has left health systems under severe pressure, said WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. BBC News

See also: 

• Covid: Mask refusals in England's secondary schools causing concern BBC News
• Covid: The Army sends 200 personnel to support the NHS in London BBC News
• Covid: Evidence on face masks in schools 'inconclusive' BBC News
• 'Crisis actor' conspiracy theory: How anti-vax activists targeted a Covid patient BBC News
• Covid UK: Yet ANOTHER study suggests London's Omicron crisis has peaked The Daily Mail
• At least 5,000 Covid patients in England are NOT primarily in hospital for virus: analysis The Daily Mail
• Hospital stays for Covid patients are getting shorter The Daily Mail
• Hospitals outside London ‘expect more Covid patients than last January’  The Guardian
• UK reports 179,756 new Covid cases as Omicron surge continues The Guardian
• IHU: How dangerous is new Covid variant and where has it spread? The Independent
• How effective are the Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines against Omicron? The Independent
• Scam PCR test text message claiming to be from NHS taken down The Independent
• COVID-19: Steep rise in hospital admissions among elderly will send shudders through NHS Sky News