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'Toxic mix' of low Covid vaccination, testing rates recipe for amplifying variants, warns WHO

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Amid the spread of new coronavirus variant Omicron, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said the world has a "toxic mix" of low vaccine coverage and very low testing - a recipe for breeding and amplifying variants. "Globally, we have a toxic mix of low vaccine coverage, and very low testing - a recipe for breeding and amplifying variants.