Potentially dangerous mutations of the virus could go unnoticed due to cuts in testing
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While saying this is a “a very welcome trend”, he warned that the declining numbers could also be a result of significant cuts in testing for the virus. Speaking at the press conference hosted by WHO, he pointed out that in the past four months, amid surging Covid cases from the Omicron variant, “testing rates have plummeted by 70% to 90% worldwide”.
The Covid-19 pandemic has officially caused more than 6 million deaths since the virus first surfaced in China in late 2019, but the true toll is believed to be at least three times that high.
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