Covid: Omicron and Delta driving tsunami of cases – WHO.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ words came as the US and countries across Europe reported record new cases.

France reported Europe’s highest ever daily figure for the second day in a row, at 208,000 cases.

And the US has reported a record average of 265,427 cases a day over the last week, according to Johns Hopkins.

Denmark, Portugal, the UK and Australia have all also reported record-breaking figures.

Poland reported 794 Covid-related deaths on Wednesday, the highest number in its fourth wave of the pandemic. More than three-quarters of these were unvaccinated people.