Tsunami of cases will continue to put immense pressure on exhausted health workers: Tedros GhebreyesusA Covid variant-driven "tsunami" threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems, the WHO said Wednesday as AFP data showed cases have surged across the world in the past week to levels never seen before. "This is and will continue to put immense pressure on exhausted health workers, and health systems on the brink of collapse," he added. The United States, where Omicron is already overwhelming hospitals, recorded its highest-ever seven-day average of new cases at 265,427, according Johns Hopkins University. France registered a new daily record of more than 200,000 cases -- more than double the number recorded on Christmas Day -- and extended into January the closure of nightclubs. (Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
