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She said Organization of the United Nations Reported injuries and deaths also recorded a significant decline.
The director of the organization said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus For reporters: "Last week, just over 15,000 deaths were reported to the World Health Organization (…), the lowest weekly total number recorded since March 2020.".
While welcomed Gebresus With this iron trend in the path of the virus, he warned that the decline in numbers may also be a result of the significant decline in the number of tests conducted to detect HIV infections.
. added "This blinds us even more to the patterns of transmission and evolution of the virus"commented "When it comes to a deadly virus, ignorance is not bliss".
William Rodriguez, who chairs the Global Diagnostic Alliance "Find" He is also outraged that in recent months many governments have simply stopped testing HIV positives.
Speaking during his participation in the press conference hosted by the World Health Organization, Rodriguez indicated that in the past four months, amid the rise in infections with the mutant Omicron "Test rates have fallen from 70 to 90 percent worldwide".
The irony is that the decline in the number of tests came at a time when the possibility of reaching accurate results about the infection became more than ever.
Rodriguez noted that "We now have unprecedented capabilities to find out what’s going on".
He added: "However, with today’s testing being the first casualty of a global decision to let our guard down, we’ve gone blind and oblivious to what’s going on with this virus.".
According to official figures, the Covid epidemic has caused the death of more than 6 million people since it first appeared in China Late 2019, but the real number is believed to be at least three times more.
While many countries are canceling preventive measures and trying to return to a semblance of normality, the World Health Organization stresses that the epidemic is not over yet.
Tedros said: "This virus will not disappear just because countries will stop looking for it"indicating that "It is still spreading and still mutating and killing".
warned that "Appearance of Dangerous new mutant Still a real threat"adding that "Despite the decrease in the number of deaths, we still do not understand the long-term consequences of infection for survivors".
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She said Organization of the United Nations Reported injuries and deaths also recorded a significant decline.
The director of the organization said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Journalists: “Last week, just over 15,000 deaths were reported to the World Health Organization (…), which is the lowest weekly total recorded since March 2020.”
While welcomed Gebresus With this iron trend in the path of the virus, he warned that the decline in numbers may also be a result of the significant decline in the number of tests conducted to detect HIV infections.
He added, “This blinds us even more to the patterns of transmission and evolution of the virus,” commenting, “When it comes to a deadly virus, ignorance is not a blessing.”
William Rodriguez, who heads the Global Diagnostic Alliance “Find”, also expressed his anger that in recent months many governments simply stopped conducting tests to detect people with the virus.
Speaking during his participation in the press conference hosted by the World Health Organization, Rodriguez noted that in the past four months, amid the rise in infections with the mutant omicron, “test rates have decreased from 70 to 90 percent worldwide.”
The irony is that the decline in the number of tests came at a time when the possibility of reaching accurate results about the infection became more than ever.
“We now have unprecedented capabilities to see what’s going on,” Rodriguez noted.
“However, given that today’s tests were the first casualty of a global decision to let our guard down, we have gone blind and oblivious to what is happening with this virus,” he added.
According to official figures, the Covid epidemic has caused the death of more than 6 million people since it first appeared in China Late 2019, but the real number is believed to be at least three times more.
While many countries are canceling preventive measures and trying to return to a semblance of normality, the World Health Organization stresses that the epidemic is not over yet.
“This virus will not disappear just because countries will stop looking for it,” Tedros said, noting that “it is still spreading and still mutating and killing.”
He warned that “the emergence of Dangerous new mutant It remains a real threat,” he said, adding that “despite the decrease in the number of deaths, we still do not understand the long-term consequences of infection for survivors.”