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The warning comes as the new Omicron variant in the US has driven daily Covid-19 new cases to a record high of over 510,000.

Omicron Threat: Key Developments From Around The World.

WHO Director General issues Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization’s (SAGE) interim statement on booster doses.

If those vaccines had been distributed equitably, the 40 percent target could have been reached in every country by September, he added.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that 2022 must be the year we end the pandemic.

Last week, Europe and central Asia saw 27,000 additional Covid-19 deaths and 2.6 million new cases.

Tedros said the "fastest way" to get back to normal is to make "hard decisions," this festive season amid the Omicron Covid-19 variant's quick spread.

According to the global health body, the hyper mutant variant has spread to 77 countries so far.

Currently, the WHO recommends administering a third dose of any WHO-approved vaccine to those who are immunocompromised. It has also recommended a booster for recipients of the Chinese vaccines who are older than 60, where supplies allow.

WHO Director General Tedros A. Ghebreyesus said that a total of 77 countries have reported Omicron cases so far but the reality is that this variant is probably yet to be detected in some countries.

The new WHO/World Bank reports also warned that financial hardship is likely to become more intense as poverty grows, incomes fall, and governments face tighter fiscal constraints.

Whether or not a mutation turns out to be milder or more lethal is a matter of chance, he said.

The recommendations are based on evidence from 16 trials involving 16,236 patients with non-severe, severe, and critical Covid infection.

In India, after detection of the first two cases of Omicron infection in Bengaluru, the Karnataka Health department is now worried over 10 South African nationals, who have gone untraceable in Bengaluru.

The global health body said that Covid-19 is already a crisis, regardless of the emergence of Omicron. It is because many countries are in "luxurious position" with booster doses, while some do not have enough vaccines to even protect their most vulnerable, The Telegraph reported.