World Health Organization (WHO) director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Monday, warned of the "devastating outbreaks" caused by the Delta variant of Covid-19, saying that the new strain of the virus was infecting people "at a scorching pace". At Monday's press conference, the WHO chief reportedly warned of the danger of easing measures while many countries in the world still lack vaccines for their population.

“Last week marked the fourth consecutive week of rising cases of Covid-19 globally," the WHO Chief said at a virtual press conference from Geneva, adding that "after ten weeks of declines, deaths are increasing again." The virus variant first identified in India in October 2020 is continuing the spread around the world and has now been detected in 104 countries, he said.

"The Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases and deaths." Leaders around the world have responded to the new rise in infections in markedly different ways, with countries such as France adopting new restrictions while others easing them. The United Kingdom (UK), for one, still intends to lift all restrictions on July 19. "The current collective strategy reminds me of a firefighting team taking on a forest blaze," he said, adding that "the world should battle together to put out this pandemic inferno everywhere."

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