A committee formed by an organization concluded global health To assess the global capacity to respond to epidemics, the world is not in a better position than it was when the Corona virus appeared in 2019, to combat a new epidemic, and may in fact be in a worse position given the economic losses.
In its report, the Independent Commission for Epidemic Preparedness and Response said the lack of progress on reforms such as global health systems means the world is more vulnerable than ever.
The report’s authors, led by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark and former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, also acknowledged some progress, including more funding for the World Health Organization, but said the process was proceeding too slowly.
“Now we have the same tools and the same system that were in place in December 2019 to deal with the threat of a pandemic. And those tools were not good enough,” Clark told reporters.
More than one million people have died so far from Covid-19 in the United States since the start of the pandemic, according to data released by Johns Hopkins University, on Tuesday.
Corona virus pandemic is not over
This is a reminder that the coronavirus pandemic is not over, even though most regions have abandoned precautionary measures against the deadly virus.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Control estimates that the number of corona deaths in the United States was approximately 32% higher than what was reported between February 2020 and September 2021.
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Worldwide, more than 524 million cases of coronavirus have been reported since the start of the pandemic, and more than 6.2 million deaths from COVID-19, according to Johns Hopkins data.
While vaccines against the Corona virus have saved millions of lives, evidence continues about the critical importance of booster doses.
But the risk of death from COVID-19 is still about five times higher for unvaccinated people than for vaccinated people, according to the agency.
It is noteworthy that the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020.