Many countries have shown COVID-19 can be controlled, even without coronavirus vaccine: WHO
Geneva: The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Friday stated that there are numerous nations which have proven COVID-19 could be managed, even with no coronavirus vaccine.
“All countries have been affected, but not all countries have been affected equally. There are many countries all over the world that have shown COVID-19 can be controlled with existing tools,” stated Ghebreyesus.
“One of the things all these countries have in common is an emphasis on testing,” he added.
He acknowledged that because the starting of the pandemic, WHO has emphasised the significance of testing and supplied the instruments for nations to do it.
The WHO chief referred to as COVID-19 an uneven pandemic and acknowledged that nearly half of all circumstances and deaths are in simply 4 nations, and virtually 70% of circumstances and deaths are within the high 10 nations.
Ghebreyesus stated that the WHO has labored with nations to extend testing capability and knowledgeable that at first of the pandemic, simply two African nations had laboratory testing capability for COVID-19 and by the top of February, 32 nations in Africa had the testing capability, and now all nations can test for COVID-19.
“As vaccines are rolled out, testing will continue to play a vital role,” stated Ghebreyesus and added that originally, well being employees, older individuals and different at-risk teams can be prioritised for vaccination.
“If you don’t know where the virus is, you can’t stop it. If you don’t know who has the virus, you can’t isolate them, care for them or trace their contacts. But testing must be strategic, in support of clear public health objectives,” opined WHO’s Director-General.
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