World Health Organization, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that “Confusion and complacency in addressing COVID-19 means the pandemic is a long way from over, but it can be brought under control in months with proven public health measures.”
While addressing a media briefing, the Director General insisted that “The COVID-19 pandemic is a long way from over. But we have many reasons for optimism. The decline in cases and deaths during the first two months of the year shows that this virus and its variants can be stopped,
“Transmission was being driven by confusion, complacency and inconsistency in public health measures.” He added.
Adhanom also spoke of the world now having seven consecutive weeks of increasing COVID-19 cases and four weeks of increasing deaths globally.
“In January and February, the world saw six consecutive weeks of declining cases. We have now seen seven consecutive weeks of increasing cases, and four weeks of increasing deaths. Last week was the fourth-highest number of cases in a single week so far,” Tedros said.
“We too want to see societies and economies reopening, and travel and trade resuming.
But right now, intensive care units in many countries are overflowing and people are dying – and it’s totally avoidable.” He said.
So far some 780 million vaccines have been administered globally, with a total of 137,322,644 people testing positive for COVID-19 globally, 2,961,025 deaths, 110,521,058 recoveries. (CGTN Africa)
