'Delta variant spreading at scorching pace'

By Xinhua News Agency

Jul 14, 2021 12:31 am

BANGKOK: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), has warned of the 'devastating outbreaks' caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19, saying that the new strain of the virus was infecting people 'at a scorching pace.'

'Last week marked the fourth consecutive week of increasing cases of Covid-19 globally,' Tedros said at a virtual press conference from Geneva, adding that 'after ten weeks of declines, deaths are increasing again.'

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