Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of the WHO’s health emergencies program, said Covid won’t go away, but with more vaccinations, there could be fewer hospital stays.
The coronavirus is not going to go away and remains a health emergency of international concern, the WHO said.
The coronavirus won’t go away, said Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO’s health emergencies program, added that the 2009 pandemic virus was still floating around.
He said that with more vaccinations, herd immunity could be achieved and that this would lead to fewer hospital stays. For now, he said, Covid remains a public health emergency of international concern.
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“The lower transmission rate and fairer distribution of vaccines will result in herd immunity being achieved and gradually reducing the number of hospital stays. he said.
The 2009 swine flu pandemic killed an estimated 2,84,500 people, roughly 15 times the number confirmed by laboratory tests at the time, according to a 2012 study by an international group of scientists.
H1N1 began to leak in November 2009 and the WHO declared the epidemic over the following August.
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