New COVID Wave in 2024? WHO Issues Alert Due to Increase in Cases in the World

The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasized today, August 6, 2024, that the virus COVID-19 has not gone away and, on the contrary, data from 84 countries show that Confirmed cases have increased The last weeks.

He also reported that at least 40 athletes have tested positive to this infectious disease at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.

The perception is that COVID-19 is gone, but that is not the case. The more the virus circulates, the more likely it is to change and mutate, making it more severe.

This was stated in Geneva by Maria Van Kerkhove, Director of Epidemic and Pandemic Prevention and Preparedness at WHO.

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Data and science support claims

The expert said her comments are not based on fears, but on scenarios based on data and science.

These data indicate that globally the diagnostic tests that have been positive have increased 10% recentlywith regional variations.

In Europafor example, have skyrocketed by 20% in the middle of summer, resulting in an increase in hospitalizations and deaths.

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Circulation of COVID-19

Van Kerkhov, who led the WHO technical team dedicated to fighting the COVID-19 during the pandemiccommented that the results of wastewater analyses indicate that the circulation of the virus could be up to 20 times higher than what is being reported.

It should be noted that unlike other viruses that cause infections respiratory infections, whose circulation tends to increase during the winter, COVID-19 spreads regardless of the climate and the temperature.

The expert explained that this is why the WHO has not stopped its efforts to convince governments to continue investing in the means to understand how the virus circulates. virus and to protect their populations.

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With information from EFE.

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