The World Health Organization (WHO) has called the new Corona variant Omi Kroon a "tsunami" and warned that the increase in cases over the past week was unprecedented.
According to the French news agency AFP, the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Edha Noam, said: have been.The rapidly spreading virus has gripped the United States, France and Denmark, bringing the total number of infected people worldwide to 66.5 million.
According to the report, these figures are the highest since March 2020 when the World Health Organization declared Corona a global epidemic.
Christmas festivities have also been affected by the growing number of Omi Kron cases.
The new virus is worrying the situation in Europe, which has put governments in a difficult position as it seeks to impose sanctions and resume economic activity that had already resumed two years later.
The highest number of cases was reported in the United States during the seven days, according to Johns Hopkins University. During this period, 265,427 cases were reported.
In France, meanwhile, more than 200,000 cases were reported in a single day, more than double the number reported on Christmas Day.
French police say everyone in Paris will be required to wear a mask from Friday.
Denmark is currently at the forefront of the spread of Omi kron, with 23,228 new cases.
Officials say this is the largest number since the Christmas celebrations.
Portugal is also among the countries where the virus is spreading rapidly and 27,000 new cases were reported in 24 hours, while 3150 cases were reported in Lebanon which is a record number so far on a daily basis.
In the UK, 183,037 cases were reported in 24 hours while the number of patients admitted to hospitals has reached 10,000.
Research has also shown that despite this increase, hospital admissions have declined, but the World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized safety measures.
The Corona virus has caused 504 million deaths worldwide, according to AFP, but the average daily death toll in the past week has been 6,450, the highest since October 2020. not enough.
