Omicron has not killed anyone says WHO as COVID variant cases rise in U.S.

The latest coronavirus strain has been detected in 38 countries so far. In the U.S. there are cases in 11 states.

) has said that as of Friday, there have been no fatalities linked to Omicron but warned it could take several weeks to determine how infectious the new COVID-19 variant is.

The WHO's assurance comes as the new variant first detected in South Africa last week has now been recorded in 38 countries. In the United States, at least 29 cases of Omicron across 11 states have been reported. These are California, Nebraska, New York, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Utah, Pennsylvania and Hawaii,The WHO said it could also take time to investigate the effectiveness of treatments and whether it causes more severe illness. The organization's emergencies director Michael Ryan said it intended"to get the answers that everybody out there needs.

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