Having the ability to see the top doesn’t imply…: WHO says Covid pandemic not over but | World News

The World Well being Group’s (WHO’s) director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus mentioned on Thursday that the Covid pandemic is just not over but.

Talking to reporters on the sidelines of the United Nations Basic Meeting (UNGA) in New York, Ghebreyesus mentioned, “Having the ability to see the top doesn't imply we're on the finish,” information company AFP reported.

Ghebreyesus reiterated the world was in one of the best place it had ever been in to finish the Covid pandemic, with the variety of weekly deaths persevering with to drop -- and now simply 10% of what they have been on the peak in January final yr.

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He identified that two-thirds of the world’s inhabitants was vaccinated in opposition to Covid, together with three-quarters of well being staff and aged folks.

“We've spent two-and-a-half years in an extended, darkish tunnel, and we're simply starting to glimpse the sunshine on the finish of that tunnel,” the WHO director-general additional informed reporters on Thursday.

Nevertheless, he harassed, “It's nonetheless a great distance off, and the tunnel continues to be darkish, with many obstacles that might journey us up if we don’t take care. We’re nonetheless within the tunnel.”

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus’ remarks got here days after United States President Joe Biden declared that the Covid pandemic is over within the nation. “The pandemic is over. We nonetheless have an issue with Covid. We’re nonetheless doing numerous work on it..., however the pandemic is over,” Biden informed CBS information final Sunday.

At present, there are greater than 618 million Covid circumstances globally, in accordance with figures by worldometers. As many as 6,535,808 folks have died from the virus and practically 599 million have recovered thus far.

The US has been essentially the most affected nation by Covid adopted by India, France and Brazil, the worldometers figures confirmed.

In its newest epidemiological replace on Tuesday, the WHO mentioned that globally, the variety of new weekly Covid circumstances remained secure through the week of 12 to 18 September as in comparison with the earlier week, with over 3.2 million new circumstances reported.

“The variety of new weekly deaths decreased by 17% as in comparison with the earlier week, with over 9800 fatalities reported,” the United Nations well being company added.

(With company inputs)