Although the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths continues to decline around the world, much of this is due to a drop in the number of tests being carried out, and the pandemic is not over yet, said warned the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
Just over 15,000 coronavirus-related deaths were reported to the WHO last week, the lowest weekly total since March 2020, WHO Director-General Tedros told a press briefing. Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
This encouraging trend must be interpreted with caution, however, as many countries have reduced their screening campaigns, so that “the WHO receives less and less information on the transmission and sequencing” of the virus, he said. he declares.
“It tends to blind us to transmission patterns and evolution of the virus. But the virus won’t go away just because countries stop detecting it. It continues to spread, mutate and kill,” a- he added.
“When it comes to a deadly virus, ignorance does not bring bliss. WHO continues to call on all countries to maintain surveillance,” the director-general said.
Reacting to the recent decision by the European Union (EU) to enter a “post-emergency” phase in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program , warned that now was not the time to lose sight of the virus and its ability to evolve.
“The thing is, we’re not off the hook yet,” he said.
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