The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed hope that the virus wouldn’t be a public health issue next year as the third anniversary of the Covid-19 outbreak draws near. We have come a long way, according to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and the number of deaths from Covid is now only a fifth of what it was a year ago. But even that, he said, is too much.
“It is crucial to discover the beginning of coronavirus”
“Last week, less than 10,000 people lost their lives. That’s still 10,000 too many and there is still a lot that all countries can do to save lives,” he said, adding, “we are hopeful that at some point next year, we will be able to say that Covid-19 is no longer a global health emergency.”
According to AFP, Tedros stated that it is crucial to discover more about the coronavirus’s beginnings and comprehend how the pandemic started as the world prepares to live with Covid and as governments learn to handle it with other respiratory infections. “We continue to call on China to share the data and conduct the studies that we have requested, to better understand the origins of this virus,” said Tedros.
The World Health Organization expressed hope that the virus wouldn’t be a public health issue next year
In the Chinese city of Wuhan, the first cases of this lethal virus were discovered. All theories, including the theory that the virus might have escaped from Wuhan’s virology laboratory, are still open for discussion, according to Tedros. The criteria for ending the coronavirus emergency phase will be discussed at a meeting of the WHO emergency committee, which advises Tedros on whether a virus constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
Although waves of infection are still anticipated, according to WHO COVID-19 technical lead Maria Van Kerkhove, “it is not what it was in the beginning.” The World Health Organization (WHO) expressed hope that the virus wouldn’t be a public health issue next year. According to Van Kerkhove, the majority of deaths currently occur in persons who are either unvaccinated or have not received the entire course of the necessary immunizations.