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Geneva:<\/strong>\u00a0 The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded an urgent alarm over the escalation of COVID-19 cases in 84 countries.<\/p>\n The WHO has observed a surge in the positivity rates of COVID-19 cases and has cautioned against the emergence of more virulent variants of the coronavirus. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove of the WHO briefed journalists in Geneva, stating, \u201cCOVID-19 remains a significant concern.<\/p>\n In the past months, irrespective of the season, numerous countries have witnessed spikes in COVID-19 cases, including the Olympics, where over 40 athletes have tested positive.\u201d Dr Kerkhove highlighted that data from the WHO\u2019s sentinel surveillance system indicates a consistent increase in positive SARS-CoV-2 tests across 84 countries.<\/p>\n \u201cThe overall test positivity rate exceeds 10 per cent, with regional variations. In Europe, the positivity rate surpasses 20 per cent,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n The WHO has alerted individuals to the potential dangers posed by the virus, emphasizing the importance of taking preventive measures to mitigate the risk of infection and severe illness.<\/p>\n This includes the recommendation to receive a COVID-19 vaccine dose within the past 12 months, particularly for those belonging to high-risk groups.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n [ad_2] [ad_1] Geneva:\u00a0 The World Health Organization (WHO) has sounded an urgent alarm over the escalation of COVID-19 cases in 84 countries. The WHO has observed a surge in the positivity rates of COVID-19 cases and has cautioned against the emergence of more virulent variants of the coronavirus. Dr Maria Van Kerkhove of the WHO briefed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Untitled-design-2-3.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39689,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39687\/revisions\/39689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenftimes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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