Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
World Health OrganizationWHO) remind the world community about the impact of the corona virus varian delta in order to suppress this viral infection. Delta variant virus infection should be suppressed spread quickly.
This was revealed by WHO in its press conference, Friday (30/7). The highly contagious coronavirus, which was first detected in India, has now appeared in 132 countries and territories.
“Delta is a warning, it’s a warning that the virus is evolving but it’s also a call to action that we need to move now before more dangerous variants emerge,” said WHO Emergencies Director Michael.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that so far there are four worrying variants that have emerged, and there will be more as long as the virus continues to spread.
Tedros said on average, infections increased 80 percent over the past four weeks in five of the six regions.
Although Delta has rocked many countries, Ryan said proven measures to control contagion are still working.
For example, maintaining physical distance, wearing masks, hand hygiene, and avoiding long periods of time indoors in poorly ventilated and crowded places.
“It stops the delta variant, especially when you add vaccinations,” he said.
“The virus is getting fitter, the virus is getting faster. The plan is still working, but we need to implement and execute the game plan much more efficiently and more effectively than we’ve ever done before,” he later said.
In addition, WHO wants every country to have vaccinated at least 10 percent of its population by the end of September; at least 40 percent by the end of this year, and 70 percent by mid-2022.
“We are still far from achieving that target,” he said.
He said that more than half of the WHO’s 194 member countries had fully vaccinated 10 percent of their population; less than a quarter have been vaccinated 40 percent; and only three countries have vaccinated 70 percent.
Meanwhile the WHO said Burundi, Eritrea and North Korea were the only remaining member states that had not started a Covid-19 vaccination campaign. Tedros.
“There’s no magic solution,” Ryan said.
“The only miracle we have is vaccination. The problem is that we don’t give it evenly around the world and we are working against ourselves,” Ryan concluded.
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