WHO Chief Scientist: The pandemic is not over, more new options are expected
The chief researcher of the World Health Organization Sumya Swaminatan said on Friday that the world has not yet reached the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, as there will be more variants of coronavirus .
Ulraine , Ukraingate , 11 , February , 2022 | Health
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“We have seen the virus evolve, mutate … so we know there will be more options, more options of concern, so we have not yet reached the end of the pandemic,” Swaminatan told reporters on a visit to South Africa.
Addition
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adan Gebreyesus, expressed hope that the coronavirus pandemic should end in 2022.
Meanwhile, with the advent of the highly contagious, milder-contagious strain of Omicron, countries around the world have begun to ease COVID restrictions, and some have abolished almost all, and are beginning to consider COVID-19 treatment as other endemics. diseases.
For reference
COVID-19 coronavirus infection was first registered on December 31, 2019 in Wuhan, China. On March 11, 2020, the WHO declared the COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: Ukrgate