Updated On: 26 January, 2022 04:08 PM IST | Geneva | IANS
Last week, about 21 million Covid cases were reported to the WHO, setting a new global record for weekly cases from the rapidly spreading Omicron variant

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The next Covid-19 variant that will rise will be more contagious than Omicron, but there`s no guarantee that the future strains will be milder, the World Health Organization said.
According to Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO`s Covid-19 technical lead, the real question scientists need to answer is whether or not it will be more deadly, CNBC reported.