World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanam Ghebreyesus said on Monday that the world stands at a critical juncture in the corona epidemic. To end this difficult period, all countries have to be united.He said that we can end this epidemic together, because we have all the weapons to do this.
In a press conference with Germany's Development Minister Svenja Schulz, Tedros said, 'The corona epidemic is now entering its third year and we are at a critical juncture. We have to work together to end the severe phase of this pandemic. We cannot let it go on like this, swinging between panic and neglect.
The target of immunization of 70 percent of the population has to be achieved
At the same time, at the inauguration of the meeting of the WHO Executive Board, Tredos said that we should not wait for the corona epidemic to end completely. Taking lessons from this, measures should be found to prevent such emergency situation in future. He said that we can end the emergency situation arising due to Corona this year. For this, we have to achieve the goal of immunization of 70 percent of the world's population on behalf of WHO. He said that by vaccinating those who are more prone to corona infection, we will have to pay attention and increase the investigation.
Mistaking Omicron as the last variant
Tedros said that it would be a big mistake to think of Omicron as the last variant of the corona virus. Due to this, a large number of patients are being found all over the world. Even though this variant is not critical, the risk of new variants emerging from it is high.
The spread of Omicron increased the hope of returning to normalcy
While Tedros has expressed hope that this year's collective effort will end the medical emergency caused by Corona, according to the New York Times report, WHO's European Region Director Dr. Hans Kluge has said that due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, Expectations of normalcy returning in the coming months have increased. However, he also cautioned against any negligence in complying with the preventive measures. Dr. Kluge said that due to vaccination and Omicron becoming infected more people will naturally make antibodies in the body. Due to this, the situation of corona epidemic is expected to become normal and stable in the coming time.
The epidemic is moving towards ending
Director Hans Kluge also said that we are moving towards the end of this epidemic. Hans said it could pick up again before the pandemic is completely over by the end of this year. Kluge said that by March, up to 60 percent of people in Europe would be infected with Omicron. After this the cases will be reduced here. Along with this, herd immunity will also develop in people.
On Sunday, 36.46 lakh new corona infections have been confirmed in the world. 17.18 lakh people have been cured, while 9,047 people have died. In the case of new infections, America tops with 7.79 lakh patients, while France is second with 4 lakh new cases. At the same time, India is at number three.
Decrease in cases of new infected in India
It is to be known that more than 3 lakh new corona cases have come in the country for the fifth consecutive day. According to the Ministry of Health, 3 lakh 6 thousand 64 new corona infected were found on Sunday. During this 2.43 lakh people were cured, while 439 people have died. However, there has been a decrease of 27,469 in new infected compared to the previous day, that is, 8.23 percent less cases have been registered.
On Saturday, 3 lakh 33 thousand 533 new corona infected were found. During this 2.59 lakh people were cured, while 525 people have died. A day before this, on Friday, 3.37 lakh infected people were found and 488 people died. On Thursday, 3.47 lakh people were found infected and 703 people died. Talking about active cases, at present there are a total of 22.43 lakh active cases in the country. This figure of active cases has crossed 22 lakhs for the first time in the third wave.
Meanwhile, the government has said that the daily cases of covid will start declining after February 15. In some states and metro cities, after February 15, the cases will be less and the infection will start stabilizing. According to the source, due to vaccination, the effect of the third wave has reduced significantly.
