More than a month after the World Health Organisation has declared the end of the pandemic, the institution warns that the covid virus it hasn’t left yet.
“Almost Each week, 1,000 new deaths from covid-19 continue to be reported in the regionand this is an underestimate due to a decline in the number of countries regularly reporting deaths from Covid-19 to WHO,” said Hans Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe.
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Nearly 1,000 new #COVID-19 weekly deaths continue in the region, and this is an underestimation due to a drop in the number of countries regularly reporting COVID-19 deaths to WHO.
And it continues to hit the weakest and most vulnerable disproportionately hard. @hans_kluge
— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) June 27, 2023
According to Kluge, the virus no longer considered a global health emergency, but it’s not gone yet. That is why the official emphasized to the authorities the importance of vaccination among vulnerable groups.
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Moreover, the WHO representative explained that about 36 million people continue to struggle with what is known as ‘post covid’: “It is still a complex condition that we still know very little about.”
But the organization believes that unless a treatment for post-Covid syndrome can be created, the world will not truly recover from the pandemic.
#LangCOVID remains a complex condition about which we still know very little.
According to estimates from our Collaborating Center, the @IHME_UWnearly 36 million people in WHO’s European region may have experienced Lung COVID in the first three years of the pandemic. @hans_kluge
— WHO/Europe (@WHO_Europe) June 27, 2023
Source: Eluniverso

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