WHO: More COVID Deaths after Holiday Gatherings — VOA Learning English
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The World Health Organization (WHO) says holiday gatherings and the spread of a new COVID-19 variant led to increased hospitalizations and deaths last month.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday that nearly 10,000 deaths were reported in December. He added that hospitalizations during the month jumped 42 percent in nearly 50 countries.
Tedros said, “Although 10,000 deaths a month is far less than the peak of the pandemic, this level of preventable deaths is not acceptable."
Tedros said it was “certain” that cases of COVID-19 were increasing in other places that have not been reporting case numbers.
Tedros said the JN.1 variant is now the most common in the world. Since…
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