WHO: COVID-19 大流行的终结“在望”’

世卫组织总干事特德罗斯·阿达诺姆·盖布雷耶苏斯在周三的新闻发布会上表示，预计 COVID-19 的全球大流行将结束, 新增通报病例数明显下降, 敦促世界抓住机会结束这一流行病.

法新社报道称，自从年底确认 COVID-19 2019, it has so far infected more than 600 million people and killed more than 6 全球百万人. 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.” 他说.