As the year 2022 begins, fears of another COVID-19 pandemic are growing, thanks to the virus’s rapid spread of the Omicron form. To control the number of cases within their borders, countries around the world are enacting stronger regulations.
In the midst of these concerns, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a soothing statement. He has stated that he is confident that the COVID-19 epidemic would be over by 2022.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe, and it is now in its third year, with a new variety that is far more transmissible. Ghebreyesus reassured the people, saying that the pandemic will be over in 2022 “provided we tackle inequality.”
“While no country is immune to the pandemic, we now have numerous new methods to prevent and cure COVID-19,” the WHO chief said in a statement. The longer unfairness persists, the greater the chance of this virus developing in unpredictable ways. We can put a stop to the pandemic if we eliminate unfairness.”
“As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, I’m sure that this will be the year we put an end to it – but only if we do it together,” Tedros continued. During the epidemic, millions of people missed out on routine immunisation, family planning services, and treatment for communicable and non-communicable diseases, he said.
“The eradication of polio has never been closer,” Ghebreyesus added, “with only five cases recorded in the two remaining endemic nations.” Tobacco consumption is also on the decline. Meanwhile, WHO and our partners reacted to global crises, including halting fresh Ebola and Marburg outbreaks.”
We built the new WHO BioHub System enabling countries to communicate unique biological materials to help prepare the globe for future diseases and pandemics, he added. We also inaugurated the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin to use data science breakthroughs for public health surveillance and response, according to the WHO chief.
“All countries must work together to reach the global aim of vaccinating 70% of people in all countries by the middle of 2022,” he said. The world just witnessed a new COVID-19 variety known as ‘Omicron,’ which was discovered in South Africa. Omicron is a ‘variant of concern,’ according to the World Health Organization.
The Omicron form has now spread to over 90 nations throughout the world, according to WHO data, and is far more transmissible than the Delta version, which produced the second wave of the pandemic.
