DDHK. ORG – The COVID-19 pandemic is still being discussed today. Even though it was declared sloping and allowed to return to activities, several countries are still wary of this outbreak.
Regarding this pandemic, the Director General of the Organization Health world (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said last Wednesday that he 'hopefully' the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global emergency next year.
Reporting from Detik, this comment came when highlighting China implementing a "zero-COVID" policy and letting people live with the virus.
This raises concerns about deny This is because they could face a spike in infections again.
"Discussing the virus that was present three years ago in Wuhan and has killed more than 6,6 million people, is it still considered a public health emergency of international concern or PHEIC," Tedros said as quoted by Channel News Asia, Thursday (15/12/ 2022).
It is known, WHO often holds meetings every few months to decide whether the Corona virus that appeared three years ago in Wuhan, China, is still a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) or not.
The meeting is also aimed at triggering a coordinated international response and could unlock funding to collaborate on sharing vaccines and treatments.
On the other hand, WHO senior epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove, when asked about the conditions needed to end the pandemic, said there was still a lot of work to be done.
"If there is a large portion of the population that has not been vaccinated, the world still has a lot of work to do," said WHO emergencies director Mike Ryan when asked about the same.
Commenting on the recent explosion of Covid-19 cases in China, Ryan said it was not due to the government's sudden easing of strict policies. He reckons that the virus spread long before the lifting of restrictions. [DDHK News]
