QUEM: O fim da pandemia de COVID-19 está “à vista”’

O diretor-geral da OMS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus disse em um briefing na quarta-feira que a pandemia global do Covid-19 deve terminar, e o número de casos recém -notificados caiu significativamente, instando o mundo a aproveitar a oportunidade de acabar com a pandemia.

Agence France-Pressse relatou que, uma vez que o Covid-19 foi confirmado no final de 2019, it has so far infected more than 600 million people and killed more than 6 milhões de pessoas em todo o mundo. The number of reported cases of COVID-19 decreased by a substantial 12% from the previous week.

Deaths from COVID-19 last week were the lowest since March 2020, the U.N. agency reported.

Tedros told reporters: “We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic.We are not there yet, but the end is in sight.”

But he also stressed that the world needs to “seize this opportunity” to step up its efforts. “If we don’t take this opportunity now, we run the risk of more variants, more deaths, more disruption, and more uncertainty.” ele disse.