WASHINGTON- The World Health Organization said in a briefing Monday new COVID-19 cases are increasing worldwide for the first time in months. Officials attribute this to a combination of premature reopening efforts and circulation of new variants. U.S. cases show signs of plateauing after steadily falling through February. Michael Ryan, head of the health emergencies program for WHO, said it is unrealistic to expect the pandemic to be fully over by the end of 2021.

“If the last week tells us anything, it’s that this virus will rebound,” Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead officer for COVID-19, told reporters. “This virus will rebound if we let it. We cannot allow it to take off again.”

WHO Director-General has expressed disappointment that the United Nations COVAX program began in African nations such as Ghana and the Ivory Coast just this week, almost a month after western nations began vaccinations.

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