WHO official warns of continued transmission of COVID-19
Geneva, Jan 26 (UNI) A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official warned of the risk of continued transmission of the Novel Coronavirus even after large-scale vaccinations in the foreseeable future.
Dr Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, told a virtual press conference that he doesn t believe the world should start setting elimination or eradication of this virus as the bar for success. That is not the bar for success. The bar for success is reducing the capacity of this virus to kill, to put people in hospital, to destroy our economic and social lives, Ryan said.
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was one of many global health leaders who spoke bluntly about the pandemic at annual meetings that conclude on Tuesday. Discussing the lack of priority given to vaccines for poor countries, he stated, The world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure.
How to make sure the world is never so devastated by another pandemic?
Health officials from around the globe have been vigorously discussing that question over the past week at the annual meeting of the World Health Organization s Executive Board. The members, whose nine-day-long, mostly virtual gathering concludes on Tuesday, have heard recommendations from four separate panels.
WHO official warns of continued transmission of coronavirus even after wide vaccinations Xinhua | Updated: 2021-01-26 10:05 WHO Health Emergencies Programme Director Michael Ryan in Geneva, Switzerland, Oct 5, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
GENEVA - A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official on Monday warned of the risk of continued transmission of the novel coronavirus even after large-scale vaccinations in the foreseeable future.
Dr. Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, told a virtual press conference that he doesn t believe the world should start setting elimination or eradication of this virus as the bar for success. That is not the bar for success. The bar for success is reducing the capacity of this virus to kill, to put people in hospital, to destroy our economic and social lives, Ryan said.
A senior World Health Organization (WHO) official warned of the risk of continued transmission of the novel coronavirus even after large-scale vaccinations in the foreseeable future.Michael Ryan, executive director of the WHO Health Emergencies .
Geneva [Switzerland] January 26 (ANI): All countries are having issues with the supply and distribution of vaccines against COVID-19, said Mike Ryan, the executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergencies Programme, on Monday.