The pandemic will end when the world chooses to end it. It’s in our hands, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization. He added that people have all the tools they need.
“We can test for it and we can treat it,” he said.
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– World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) July 30, 2021
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Almost 4 million cases were reported to WHO last week and, following current trends, “we expect the total number of cases to exceed 200 million within the next two weeks.”
On average, Covid-19 infections in five of the six regions of the WHO have increased by 80% or almost doubled in the last four weeks. In Africa, deaths rose by 80% over the same period.
Much of this increase is being driven by the highly transferable delta variant, which has now been proven in at least 132 countries.
The WHO has warned that the Covid-19 virus has changed and continues to change since it was first reported. Four worrying variants have appeared so far, and there will be more as the virus continues to spread.
WHO supports countries with oxygen supplies and guidelines that help countries better identify variants. “The World Health Organization works daily with our global networks of experts to understand why the Delta variant is spreading so easily,” added the WHO chief.
The increase is driven by increasing social mix and mobility. The inconsistent use of the public health system, social measures and the unjust use of syringes are pushing back the fight against Covid. Hard-won achievements are at risk or have been lost and the health systems of many countries are overwhelmed, said the WHO chief.
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TEST RATE
Testing rates in low-income countries are less than 2 percent of those in high-income countries, making Europe-Africa blind to understanding where the disease is and how it’s changing.
OBJECTIVE OF WHO
WHO continues to aim to help each country vaccinate at least 10% of its population by the end of September, at least 40% by the end of this year and 70% by the middle of next year. “We are far from achieving these goals,” said the WHO chief.
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So far, just over half of countries have fully vaccinated 10% of their population, less than a quarter of countries have vaccinated 40%, and only 3 countries have vaccinated 70%.
WHAT THE COVID-19 TECHNICAL GUIDE SAYED
The technical director of Covid-19 at WHO, Maria Van Kerkhove, said: “Let me be very clear, we don’t see the Delta variant specifically targeting children, but the variant will spread where there is social mix , fewer vaccinations, etc.
As things stand, almost 70% of African countries will not reach the 10% vaccination target by the end of September.
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WHO calls for additional funding from Covax: At the same time, we will need additional funding this year so that Covax can exercise its options to purchase vaccines for 2022. This investment is a tiny fraction of the amount governments spend dealing with Covid-19.
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