Source: Global Times New Media
The Associated Press and other foreign media reported that on January 24, local time, who held the 150th executive committee meeting, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that in the foreseeable future, human beings will learn to coexist with the new crown virus, but it does not mean that the virus will be allowed to freely spread.
Tedros warned that the conditions for more new coronavirus variants still exist, and it is dangerous to assume that Opmi Kerong will be the last mutation, or that we are at the end of the epidemic.
Two years after the COVID-19 outbreak, nearly 350 million infections and more than 5.5 million deaths have been reported globally – but these numbers are underestimated, Tedros noted.
Tedros said that last week, the global average of 100 new cases of COVID-19 was added every three seconds, and every 12 seconds a person died of COVID-19. Since the first detection of the Omiljun strain nine weeks ago, more than 80 million new cases have been reported to WHO around the world, more than the total number of cases reported in all of 2020. While the number of deaths is increasing in all regions, it has not reached the level of a surge in new cases.
According to the Associated Press, according to some studies, the Olmiqueron strain is less likely to cause severe illness than the previous Delta variant, but the Olmiqueron strain is more likely to spread, has dominated many countries, and it is also more likely to infect those who have been vaccinated or have been infected.
"Indeed, for the foreseeable future, we will coexist with COVID-19 and we will need to learn to manage it through a system of persistent and integrated acute respiratory illnesses," Tedros said, adding that it will also provide a platform for preparation for a future pandemic. "But learning to live with COVID-19 doesn't mean allowing the virus to spread freely, it doesn't mean accepting the reality that nearly 50,000 people die every week from this preventable and treatable disease, it doesn't mean accepting an unacceptable burden on health systems, it doesn't mean ignoring the long-term consequences and effects of COVID-19 that we haven't yet figured out, or it doesn't mean betting on a virus that we can't control or predict its evolution," he added. ”
Tedros also called for increased funding for WHO to strengthen its capacity to help countries avoid health crises. "Let me be frank: IF the current funding model continues, WHO is doomed to failure," he said. ”
At the same time, however, Tedros also said that if some key goals are achieved, the acute phase of the epidemic can be ended this year. By meeting WHO's goals, such as vaccinate 70% of every country's population by mid-year; focusing on the people at highest risk; increasing testing and sequencing rates; and tracking the virus and its emerging variants more closely, Tedros insisted: "We can end the inclusion of COVID-19 as a global health emergency, and we can do that this year." ”