“We are not at end of COVID pandemic, more variants of concern expected”

“We are not at end of the COVID 19 pandemic, more variants of concern expected” WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan warned of future coronavirus variants and commence to be vigilant. She made the statement during a visit to vaccine manufacturing facilities with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Earlier, a senior WHO official cautioned that the possibility of other new variants is really high and the Omicron will not be the last strain. Terming the new COVID-19 variants as the “wild card”, WHO COVID-19 Technical Lead Maria Van Kerkhove said that the global health agency is tracking four different versions of Omicron. Kerjhove also stressed the need to ramp up vaccination coverage besides taking measures to contain the spread of the viral infection.