WHO urges 'rational' measures against Omicron Covid variant
Tuesday November 30 2021
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addressing the special session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva ON November 29, 2021 AFP
The World Health Organization called Tuesday for countries to keep calm and take "rational" measures in response to the new, fast-spreading Covid variant Omicron, which has sparked global panic.
"We call on all member states to take rational, proportional risk-reduction measures," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing to countries.
"We still have more questions than answers about the effect of Omicron on transmission, severity of disease, and the effectiveness of tests, therapeutics and vaccines," he added.