The World Health Organization has warned that pandemic coronavirus is not the ‘big deal’ and that an even more deadly virus could wipe out the globe.
Dr Mike Ryan, head of the WHO emergency program, said on Tuesday that the pandemic was a ‘wake-up call’.
This pandemic has been so devastating … it has affected every corner of this planet. But this is not the big one, ‘he told a press release.
To date the coronavirus has killed 1,799,337 people worldwide and the latest SAGE estimates put an infectious mortality rate at 0.5%, meaning it kills one in every 200 people killed. is infected.
Spanish flu was the last major pandemic in the world and killed more than 50 million people between 1918 and 1919. It was much more deadly to younger people and had a high mortality rate among those. age 20-40 years.
Infectious mortality was 2.5%, and global pandemics are feared to be closed today by global civilization, which could disrupt food supply due to workers in global supply chains staying home in fear of themselves and their families.
‘This is a wake-up call. We are learning, now, how to do better things: science, logistics, training and management, how to communicate better. But the planet is fragile.
We live in an increasingly complex global society. These threats will continue. If there is one thing we need to take away from this pandemic, with all its sadness and loss, is it that we need to bring our act together. We need to honor those we have lost by becoming better at what we do every day. ‘
The World Health Organization has warned that the pandemic of coronavirus is not ‘the big one’ and that an even more deadly virus could wipe out the globe. Pictured: People are being tested for coronavirus in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Wednesday
Dr Mike Ryan, head of the WHO emergency program, said the pandemic was a ‘wake-up call’ and that areas such as science, governance and logistics needed to be improved to deal with another global health crisis. Pictured: A nurse in Singapore receives the Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday as the city state began distributing the drug
Ryan also said that the virus was likely to remain a part of our lives despite the introduction of vaccines that have begun to be distributed in Europe and the United States.
‘The most likely scenario is for the virus to become another endemic virus that remains a threat, but a low-level threat in the context of an effective global vaccination program.’
It remains to be seen how well the vaccines will be absorbed, how close we will reach a level of coverage that would allow us to escape.
‘Vaccines, even at high efficiencies, do not guarantee the eradication or eradication of an infectious disease. That’s a very high bar for us to get over, ‘he said.
Ryan said that ‘s why the vaccine circulation is designed to save lives by protecting the most vulnerable, The Guardian reported.
‘And then we deal with the moon that may or may not destroy this virus.’
![At last year's WHO press conference on Tuesday, Dr Mike Ryan, head of the organisation's emergency program, said vaccines are unlikely to completely eradicate Covid-19. [File photo]](https://i0.wp.com/i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2020/12/30/09/37401666-9098449-image-a-20_1609321099462.jpg?resize=560%2C327&ssl=1)
At last year’s WHO press conference on Tuesday, Dr Mike Ryan, head of the organisation’s emergency program, said vaccines are unlikely to completely eradicate Covid-19. [File photo]
WHO chief executive Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the end of the year was a good time to reflect on the pandemic tax as well as the progress made since its inception. year. Pictured: Tedros attends Covid-19 revolution response session in Geneva on 5 October
Professor David Heymann, chair of the WHO strategic and technical advisory group for infectious risks, told the meeting earlier that the virus ‘destiny’ is endemic.
‘The world has hopes for herd protection, that some way would be reduced if people were sufficiently protective,’ Heymann said at a press conference, before explaining that the idea of herd protection was understood.
‘It features the poem SARS-CoV-2 [Covid-19] become endemic, like four other human coronaviruses, and continue to circulate as they reproduce in human cells, especially in areas where consent is more stringent.
‘Fortunately, we have life-saving tools, and these, combined with good public health, will allow us to learn to live with Covid-19.’
Vaccination against the virus did not mean an end to social distance and other public health measures, chief scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan told the meeting Tuesday.
‘I don’t think our evidence on any of the vaccines is to be confident that it is going to prevent people from getting the disease and therefore be able to give it.
Life in Wuhan, a Chinese city that was the main heart of the pandemic, has returned to normal as a result of part of a 76-day penal lock-in. Pictured: Wuhan residents now walk on December 29th
Elsewhere in Europe, restrictions have been reversed amid a worrying rise in cases. Pictured: A closed shop in Holland, which went into another lock before Christmas
‘So I think we have to accept that people who have been vaccinated need to take the same steps,’ said Swaminathan, adding that the vaccine aims to prevent symbolic disease. as well as severe cases of disease and death.
At the meeting, which was the global health body last year, general director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was time to reflect on both the pandemic tax and progress that has been made. to do.
He identified new changes of Covid-19 and pandemic obesity as challenges they would expect to face in the coming year.
‘New ground has been broken, especially with the remarkable collaboration between the private and public sector in this pandemic. And in the last few weeks, safe and effective vaccine distribution has begun in a number of countries, which is a remarkable scientific achievement, ‘he said.
‘This is fantastic, but WHO will not rest until those who need it everywhere get the new vaccines and are protected.’