<p>The acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic could end next year but the Coronavirus will not disappear, the World Health Organization's Mike Ryan said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Ryan, the WHO's top emergency expert, also said it was too early to draw conclusions on the severity of the Omicron variant until it had spread more widely to older people.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the simultaneous circulation of the Delta and Omicron variants of the Coronavirus is creating a "tsunami of cases".</p>.<p>"Delta and Omicrom are now twin threats driving up cases to record numbers, leading to spikes in hospitalisation and deaths," said Tedros.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>The acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic could end next year but the Coronavirus will not disappear, the World Health Organization's Mike Ryan said on Wednesday.</p>.<p>Ryan, the WHO's top emergency expert, also said it was too early to draw conclusions on the severity of the Omicron variant until it had spread more widely to older people.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the simultaneous circulation of the Delta and Omicron variants of the Coronavirus is creating a "tsunami of cases".</p>.<p>"Delta and Omicrom are now twin threats driving up cases to record numbers, leading to spikes in hospitalisation and deaths," said Tedros.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>