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International emergencies declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2020 due to COVID-19 and in 2022 due to mpox (monkeypox) “may soon cease to be a global priority emergency,” the organization’s CEO said at a press conference. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
“A year ago, the omicron variant killed 50,000 people every week, and last week it was less than 10,000, a figure that is still excessive but indicates a good trajectory,” Tedros said at a press conference on the work. WHO in 2022.
However, “coronavirus will not go away, it will continue and countries will have to learn how to deal with it along with other respiratory problems like the flu,” said Tedros, who also estimated that a 90% drop in smallpox cases is encouraging. optimism. the relatively near end of this health crisis.
“We have come a long way and now the situation is much better, so the world is reopening, but the virus (causing COVID-19) stayed, he almost became part of our family, and the key is how to manage him,” said Tedros.
“We know this better, we have tools like vaccines, treatments and, most importantly, we now have herd immunity, both inoculated and natural (from people who have had the disease),” the Ethiopian expert analyzed.
“The lifting of the international emergency (due to coronavirus) is in our hands, it is a matter of ensuring the protection of risk groups such as the elderly and vulnerable populations,” he said.
Assessment in January
Criteria for deciding whether a pandemic is COVID-19 Tedros recalled that ceasing to be an international emergency will be analyzed in January at the next meeting of the committee of experts, which meets quarterly from 2020 to analyze the development of the health crisis.
Chapter WHO underlined that while cases of both COVID-19 and smallpox outbreaks are declining, the world still faces many health challenges, and referred in this regard to cholera outbreaks currently declared in 29 countries , including one that resulted in the deaths of 280 people in Haiti.
“For 2023, there is reason for hope, but also much cause for concern, and in this sense WHO remains committed to member countries to build a safer and healthier future for the population,” the head of WHO emphasized. (E.F.E.)
Source: RPP
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