The metaphor is sporty: the finish line is in sight and now it’s time to use all the remaining energy to accelerate as quickly as possible and cross the white line. For a better understanding it suffices to clarify what the goal is: the end of the Pandemic. A goal that, according to the managing director ofWorld Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, should be achieved. «Last week the number of weekly deaths was reported COVID-19 it was the lowest since March 2020 – he said at the conference last Wednesday – we have never been so close to the end of the pandemic. We’re not there yet, but the goal can be seen.” Important: The arrival is near, but not yet reached. “This would be the worst time to stop racing – explains the CEO of theWHO – Indeed, now is the time to run faster to leave everything behind and reap the fruits of all our hard work ».
The crucial date is set for October, when the next meeting of the WHO panel will have to determine whether the Covid pandemic has yet to be classified as a public health emergency of international concern.
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High Guard
If the fight for the covid is in the closing bars, we must not generally be on guard and take advantage of the experience that the world has had to mature in those awful two and a half years. In essence, the appeal is to world governments to review health plans and strengthen measures to prevent and combat the virus Coronavirus and more generally against possible future pandemics. In the first place it is necessary to continue testing to detect the presence of the virus while ensuring that the high-risk groups are always vaccinated against Covid. On the second side, efforts must be made towards medical equipment and the preparation of health workers.
The WHO’s call not to give up finds its support in the words of Maria van Kerchove of Imperial College London. “We anticipate future waves of infections, possibly at different times around the world, caused by the subvariants of omicron‘The doctor explained to the English press. Words that reflect the position of the European Commission who explained through a spokesperson that “the summer wave of Covid19, led by Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, has shown that the pandemic is not over yet as the virus continues to circulate in Europe and beyond”.
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