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COVID-19: WHO lists achievements, says vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication
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WHO’s Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has listed some of its achievements in combating COVID-19 in 2020, noting that vaccination is no guarantee of virus eradication.
WHO’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said this at the last COVID-19 press conference of the year at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
In a speech posted on the agency’s website, the director-general said WHO had worked tirelessly since the virus was reported in Wuhan, China in December 2019.
“If we rewind to the start of 2020, it was on 10 January that WHO published its first comprehensive package of guidance documents for countries, covering topics related to the management of an outbreak of a new disease.
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A worker in protective suits takes a break amid graves at a newly opened cemetery for the victims of COVID-19 in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, November 16, 2020. (Binsar Bakkara/AP)
GENEVA, Switzerland The novel coronavirus has had a devastating impact around the globe, but the World Health Organization warned Monday that worse pandemics could lie ahead, urging the world to get “serious” about preparedness.
“This is a wakeup call,” WHO emergencies chief Michael Ryan told reporters at a briefing marking a year since the UN agency first learned of the new virus spreading in China.
Since then, COVID-19 has killed nearly 1.8 million people around the world, out of over 80 million infected.
WHO says COVID-19 vaccination no guarantee of virus eradication, warns of another pandemic
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WHO’s Head of Emergencies Programme, Mike Ryan, states this during a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
Ryan also warned that there might be a chance of another pandemic, more serious pandemic spreading across the world, NAN reports.
“The next pandemic may be more severe; we need to get our act together because we live on a fragile planet, and in an increasingly complex society.
“Let’s honour those we’ve lost by getting better at what we do,’’ he said.
WHO also listed some of its achievements in the fight against the virus.