On Wednesday, April 26, the World Health Organization announced that the number of deaths from Covid-19 had decreased by 95%, while warning of the permanent spread of the virus.
According to her, the virus is not about to disappear and countries around the world must learn to manage its consequences outside of emergencies, such as the effects felt by some people who have contracted the disease in its so-called prolonged version of Covid.
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However, many countries are experiencing a revival.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization, explained that one in ten infections leads to long-term Covid disease, which indicates that hundreds of millions of people may need long-term care.
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however “We are heartened by the continued decline in the number of recorded Covid-related deaths, which have fallen by 95% since the beginning of this year.”he said at a news conference. “Many countries are seeing a resurgence, however, in the last four weeks 14,000 people have died from the disease.”lamented.
Near the end of the global health emergency?
According to him, as evidenced by the appearance of the XBB.1.16 variant, “The virus continues to mutate and is still capable of causing new waves of contamination and death.”. Maria Van Kerkhove, who leads the fight against Covid at the World Health Organization, explained that the XBB variant and its sub-variants are now dominant worldwide.
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They are able to evade immune protection, which means that people who have been vaccinated or who are already infected are likely to get sick again.
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She called for increased surveillance through testing, to supervise the virus and understand its various mutations. The knowledge that, in her opinion, should make it possible to improve the formulation of vaccines and to decide what actions to take.
The WHO chief reiterated that his organization still hopes to declare the end of the global health emergency linked to Covid-19. The next quarterly WHO meeting on this topic is scheduled for May.
