COVID will continue to spread as people mix and travel – WHO

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Published: Nov 24, 2021, 15:11 UTC

GENEVA (Reuters) - The SARS-CoV-2 virus will continue to spread intensely as societies return to the social mixing and mobility of a pre-pandemic period, the World Health Organisation's (WHO) emergency director Mike Ryan said on Wednesday.

GENEVA (Reuters) – The SARS-CoV-2 virus will continue to spread intensely as societies return to the social mixing and mobility of a pre-pandemic period, the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) emergency director Mike Ryan said on Wednesday.

Maria van Kerkhove, WHO technical lead on COVID-19, said that in the year-end holiday period it was important for everyone to take protection measures against COVID-19, including vaccination and social distancing.

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Mrinalika Roy in Bengaluru)

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