2023-05-24 13:40:09
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Officially, the covid-19 pandemic ended on May 5, however, the general director of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the lessons learned from the health crisis must be reinforced because another pandemic is coming soon and the world must be prepared.
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The covid-19 pandemic lasted from 2019 to 2023, the coronavirus caused more than 600 million cases in the world and more than 6.8 million deaths.
That is why Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, The highest representative of the organization now urges world leaders to invest in prevention strategies that stop the development of a possible pandemic: “When the next pandemic arrives, which it will, we must be prepared to respond decisively, collectively and equitably.”.
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Likewise, within the framework of the World Health Assembly, which is being held in Geneva (Switzerland), the director general of the WHO has suggested to the countries not to delay the approval of the international treaty longer to be prepared for future pandemics.
“We cannot delay the matter. If we don’t make the necessary changes, who will? And if we don’t do them now,when? When the next pandemic will knock on the door, and it willAdhanom said.
The director general of the WHO also warned that despite the official end of the global emergency due to covid-19, there is still there is a threat that another variant will appear that causes new waves of disease and death”.
On the other hand, Tedros Adhanom referred to that “the threat remains that another pathogen with even deadlier potential will emerge.”
In sum, Adhanom addressed the countries saying “we need a generational commitment that we will not return to the old cycle of panic and neglect that left our world vulnerable, but we will move forward with a shared commitment to meet shared threats with a shared response. That is why we say that the pandemic is a generational commitment: a commitment from this generation is important because this generation experienced how terrible a little virus can be”.
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