West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | December 2021
IA) Political Developments: Regional Issues Impact of Omicron Covid-19: Discovery of a new and more virulent strain of the SARS-Coronavirus in South Africa and its designation of Variant of Concern by the WHO on November 26 sent a wave of panic throughout the world, including the WANA region. Apart from the renewed threat of infections, it […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | November 2021
IA) Political Developments: Covid-19 Pandemic Regional Impact of Covid-19: Even as the global death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic crossed the 5 mn mark by the month-end, there were signs of gradual improvement of the situation in the WANA region. While resurgence the pandemic continues to be a threat, higher vaccination and booster doses, herd immunity […]
West Asia & North Africa Digest by Ambassador Mahesh Sachdev | October 2021
IA) Political Developments: Covid-19 Pandemic Regional Impact of Covid-19: From Pandemic to Endemic? While there was an unmistakable decline in Covid-19 cases and deaths, given previous upturns it was still too early to say if it was the beginning of the end of the pandemic. The 28-day data showed fresh cases and deaths to be down by […]
