Dikhyaa Mohanty 
Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates have warned that humanity could be entering the worst part of the pandemic as the Omicron variant spreads fast across the globe, stressing that Omicron will hit home for all of us.
Bill Gates tweeted that he has cancelled most of his holiday plans as his close friends are increasingly being infected with the Covid-19 virus. He wrote- “Just when it seemed like life would return to normal, we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic. Omicron will hit home for all of us. Close friends of mine now have it, and I’ve cancelled most of my holiday plans. The big unknown is how sick omicron makes you. We need to take it seriously until we know more about it. Even if it’s only half as severe as Delta, it will be the worst surge we have seen so far because it’s so infectious.”
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has already said that an event cancelled is better than a life cancelled in the wake of Omicron spread. In the US, Omicron is now dominant, accounting for 73 per cent of new infections. The UK has so far recorded over 37,000 confirmed cases of Omicron, with a majority of cases detected in the last two three days, and 12 deaths.
