WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “based on what we know now, the most likely scenario is that the virus continues to evolve, but the severity of disease it causes reduces over time as immunity increases due to vaccination and infection.” WHO
Briefing reporters in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said, “The global increase in COVID-19 cases continues, driven by large outbreaks in Asia and a fresh wave in Europe,” adding “We all want to move on from the pandemic. But no matter how much we wish it away, this pandemic is not over.” WHO
The IMF expects that global growth will slow in 2022 but remain positive despite lingering effects of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, the IMF’s Managing Director and First Deputy Managing Director announced in an event hosted by Foreign Policy Magazine Live on Tuesday. IMF
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said reported cases of COVID-19 are once again increasing globally “after several weeks of declines” and stressed that the “pandemic is not over.” WHO
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) signed Tuesday with the government of Maldives a Country Programming Framework (CPF) that it’s aimed at supporting the country’s efforts to recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and build back better, increasing resilience to further shocks and addressing development needs. FAO