This Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to keep the COVID-19 pandemic as an international health emergency due to ongoing uncertainties, in particular related to the evolution of the virus, which can mutate to become more dangerous and evade immunity.
“While it is clear that the global situation has improved since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, COVID-19the virus continues to change and there are still uncertainties and many risks,” the CEO said. WHOTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
This decision was recommended by an international group of experts that are part of the Committee for Emergency Situations. WHOresponsible for assessing every three months whether the spread of the disease poses a threat to international public health.
The number of deaths from COVID-19 is declining
According to the latest data provided by countries WHOdeath from COVID-19 fell to levels comparable to the start of the pandemic. At the same time, two-thirds of the world’s population received at least an initial dose of one of the available vaccines against this disease.
However, the GKChP stressed that the inequality in vaccination rates has not disappeared. Similarly, there are still problems with access to antivirals and other treatments in low-income countries.
Committee President Didier Houssin explained that the lifting of the state of emergency related to COVID-19 may lead to the lifting of a number of health and social measures just ahead of an expected increase in the number of cases in the northern hemisphere in the coming winter months.
Oussen, a renowned French surgeon, acknowledged that for the first time since the start of the pandemic, committee members discussed the possibility, advantages and disadvantages of lifting the declaration of an international state of emergency for COVID-19.
The debate has centered on uncertainty about “the subsequent trajectory of the virus, its genetic and antigenic characteristics, and the clinical impact of future variants.”
Another issue that influenced the committee’s recommendation relates to the difficulty of quantifying the burden on national health systems of complications such as thrombosis, endocrine system and others that may be caused by COVID-19.
International health emergency COVID-19 This was announced on January 30, 2020, when cases were already registered in all regions of the planet, and since then the committee has met quarterly to monitor the situation in the world.
(As reported by EFE)
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