World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus notified that the severity of Covid-19 will decrease over time, but warned that in the event of the virus emerging as a more deadly and more rapidly spreading COVID-19 virus We need to be alert and safe. In addition, he also put forward three possible ways for how the pandemic will develop this year. This comes at a time when the world is witnessing a massive COVID-19 surge from the Omicron BA.2 subvariant.
3 ways of how the COVID-19 pandemic will spread this year:
During a briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told WHO that, based on what we know, the most likely scenario is that the Covid-19 virus is evolving, but due to The severity of the disease tends to decrease over time as immunity increases due to vaccination and infection.
He said, “There can be periodic spikes in COVID-19 cases and deaths in the form of a decrease in immunity, which may need to be promoted from time to time for vulnerable populations. In the best case scenario, we see Less severe forms may develop, and boosters or newer formulations of vaccines may not be necessary.”
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He further said, in the worst case, a more virulent and very fast spreading COVID-19 virus variant emerges. Against this new threat, the protection of people from serious illness and death, either prior to vaccination or from infection, will be rapidly eroded.
And to deal with this situation, the current COVID-19 vaccine needs to be significantly changed and ensured that they reach people who are vulnerable to severe disease.
So how do we proceed to end the acute phase of COVID-19?
Responding to this, the WHO chief said that “… for this countries need to invest in 5 main components.” And these are:
First- Surveillance, Laboratories and Public Health Intelligence.
second- Vaccination, Public Health and Social Measures and Engage Community.
third- Clinical care and resilient health systems for COVID-19.
Fourth- Uniform access to research and development and devices and supplies.
Fifth- Coordination as a response transition from an emergency mode to long-term respiratory disease management.
There is still a lot of energy left in the virus
Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical chief on Covid-19, said the virus still had “a lot of energy left” going into its third year of the pandemic.
Last week, the WHO reported more than 10 million new cases and 45,000 deaths, saying the number of new infections would be much higher as testing rates fell.
At the end of last week, there were more than 479 million confirmed cases recorded throughout the pandemic and more than six million deaths, although the WHO acknowledges that the actual toll may be several times higher.
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