One senior official of the World Health Organization warned on Monday that although the coronavirus pandemic was ‘very severe’, it ‘is not necessarily the biggest’.
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Michael Ryan, head of the World Health Organization’s emergency program, which was shown in October, said: ‘We must honor those we have lost by getting better at what we do every day.’
The head of the emergency program, Michael Ryan, reflected on the year at the WHO final media conference in 2020, saying that his words could possibly be a shock.
More than 1.7 million people worldwide have died from Covid-19 this year, more than 81 million cases have been recorded and the spread of the coronavirus is relentless in many countries.
“These threats will continue,” said Dr. Ryan said. “If there is one thing we need to take out of this pandemic with all the tragedies and loss, it is that we need to recover. We need to get ready for something that could be even worse in the future. ”
Dr. Ryan acknowledged that much progress had been made in improving the way we communicate and govern during this pandemic, but he said it was a “wake-up call” and “we must honor those we lost by getting better at what.” we do every day. ”
David Heymann, chair of the WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group on Infectious Hazards, showed a similarly solemn tone, predicting that SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing Covid-19, would become endemic, like the other human coronavirus. as SARS and MERS which have spread in recent years.
The WHO’s vaccination programs against Coronavirus would play an integral role in saving lives and protecting vulnerable people.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the WHO, promised that the organization “will not rest until the needy have access to vaccinations and are protected everywhere in all countries.”
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