‘further Dangerous ’ COVID Variants In Coming Days, Warns WHO
There has been a welcome decline in the number of COVID cases and deaths encyclopedically. still, in a statement released by World Health Organisation( WHO) Director- General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during the daily media briefing regarding COVID19 and other issues on August 31, 2022( Wednesday) he advised that indeed further transmittable and dangerous COVID variants still remain.
WHO Director- General advised that with the arrival of colder rainfall in the Northern Hemisphere, it's reasonable to anticipate an increase in the cases of hospitalization and deaths.
“Subvariants of Omicron are more transmittable than their forerunners, and the warning of indeed further transmittable and more dangerous variants remains ”, said Dr Tedros.
He also added that the vaccination content among utmost at- threat people remains way too low.
He mentioned that indeed though the vaccination rats remain low in low- income countries, indeed in high- income countries, 30 of health workers and 20 of aged people remain unvaccinated. He refocused out that the gap in vaccination poses a trouble to everyone, so people should be prompt at getting vaccination and the supporter boluses.
He further asked people to take the necessary preventives to avoid the spread of infection indeed if people are vaccinated. This, he mentioned, would reduce the threat of infection to themselves and others.
He advised people that living with COVID didn't mean pretending that the peril was over, rather it meant taking simple preventives to avoid infection.
He instructed all the governments to modernize their programs to make stylish use of the life- saving tools to manage COVID- 19 responsibly.
