The WHO said the richer nations may hoard the precious Covid-19 vaccine shots. File photoTHE HAGUE: The EU medicines watchdog said Thursday the Omicron variant of Covid-19 may cause milder disease, as the World Health Organization warned against a re-run of vaccine hoarding by rich nations as the new strain spreads. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that "emerging data from South Africa suggests increased risk of reinfection with Omicron". - Hoarding fears -Some wealthy countries like Germany and Britain are already hard-hit by a winter wave of infections. However, in South Africa, which discovered the new variant last month, "severe cases remain low", the WHO said.

Source: The Nation December 10, 2021 01:13 UTC