90pc of world has it: WHO
The WHO estimated Friday that 90 percent of the world population now had some resistance to Covid-19, but warned that a troubling new variant could still emerge.
Gaps in vigilance were leaving the door open for a new virus variant to appear and overtake the globally dominant Omicron, said World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
"WHO estimates that at least 90 percent of the world's population now has some level of immunity to SARS-CoV-2, due to prior infection or vaccination," said Tedros, referring to the virus that causes Covid-19 disease.
"We are much closer to being able to say that the emergency phase of the pandemic is over -- but we're not there yet," he told reporters.
Countries have reported 6.6 million deaths to the WHO, from nearly 640 million registered cases. the true numbers are feared to be much higher.
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