World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the pandemic might mean cancelling in-person events over the holiday period, adding that "an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled."Speaking at the news conference on Monday, Mr Tedros pointed out that just a month ago, Africa was reporting its lowest number of new cases in 18 months.Last week, the region reported the fourth-highest number of cases in a single week since the start of the pandemic.
The Canadian province of Ontario has placed new limits on indoor gatherings, cutting the number of people allowed to get together from 25 to 10.Germany's newly formed Expert Council on COVID-19 said on Monday that the government must take "nationwide, well-coordinated and well-communicated measures for contact reduction" to combat the spread of the variant.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that he may take action to prevent the further spread of coronavirus and the Omicron variant in the UK - but refrained from announcing any new restrictions.However, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has already cancelled her traditional Christmas family gathering amid the Omicron surge.
I find it interesting that we were quick to point out to Hindus to curb Diwali get togethers and to Muslims that celebrating Eid was dangerous. But the thought of curbing Christmas meet ups is unthinkable…
Pfffft the WHO. Go back in time and listen to there advice from Feb 2020!!! You’d get better health advice from a prostitute
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