Amid the global Omicron surge, the World Health Organization (WHO) has been urging people to get vaccinated and continue using face masks.

 The WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, Maria van Kerkhove, said that Omicron will not be the last variant of the coronavirus, adding that there could be more variants in the future.

She said that the virus is still evolving and we need to adjust accordingly. There is a need to increase vaccination coverage globally and to transition out. She mentioned that there are still three billion people globally who are yet to receive their first vaccine dose. 

Maria van Kerkhove said that Omicron is not mild, adding that it is less severe than Delta, but is still putting people in hospitals, particularly those who have not been vaccinated and have comorbidities. She said that more variants may emerge which could be more evolved than Omicron to survive… (India Today, January 24, 2022)