The CEO of the World Health Organization (WHO)), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, indicated that the international emergencies declared in 2020 by covid-19 and in 2022 by mpox (monkey pox) “They could finish sometime next year.”
“A year ago the omicron variant killed 50,000 people every week, and last week there were less than 10,000, a figure that is still excessive but marks a good trajectory, so we hope that at some point it will stop being a global emergency”, Tedros indicated at a press conference to review the work of the WHO in the year that is about to end.
However, “The coronavirus will not disappear, it will continue and countries will have to learn to manage it along with other respiratory problems such as the flu”, affirmed Tedros, who also assessed that the 90% decrease in mpox cases invites optimism regarding an end to this health crisis next year, details the agency Eph.
“We have come a long way and the situation is now significantly better, that is why the world is opening up again, but the virus (causing the covid) has come to stay, it is almost part of our family and the key is how to manage it ”Tedros pointed out.
“We know better, we have tools such as vaccines, treatments, and most importantly, we now have population immunityboth vaccinated and naturally (by people who have had the disease)”, analyzed the Ethiopian expert.
“Lifting the international emergency (for the covid) is in our handsit is a matter of ensuring that risk groups, such as the elderly and vulnerable populations, are protected,” he stated.
The criteria for deciding whether the covid pandemic ceases to be an international emergency will be analyzed in January at the next meeting of the committee of experts that has met quarterly since 2020 to analyze the evolution of the health crisis, Tedros recalled.
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The head of the WHO stressed that despite the fact that so much the covid and mpox crises are decreasing in number of casesthe world still faces numerous health challenges, and he mentioned in this regard the cholera outbreaks currently declared in 29 countries, including the one that has killed 280 people in Haiti.
“By the year 2023 there are reasons for hope but also many to worry, and in this sense WHO remains committed to member countries to build a safer and healthier future for populations”, highlighted the head of the WHO. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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