GENEVA, KOMPAS.TV – On Wednesday (13/1/2021), World Health Organization (WHO) head of emergencies Mike Ryan warned that the second year of the coronavirus pandemic was likely to be worse than 2020, at least in the first few months.
“We will enter the second year at this time. The second year can be even more difficult, given the dynamics of transmission and some of the problems we saw, “said Mike Ryan as quoted by Reuters.
Ryan conveyed this in an online discussion with several other WHO officials. He said that 2021 was more difficult, especially for countries in the northern hemisphere.
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It is predicted that 2021 will be more difficult than 2020 because at this time two new variants of the corona virus have been found from Britain and South Africa. Both viruses of this type have been shown to be more contagious. However, it is not proven to be more dangerous than the previous type.
Ryan emphasized that it is important to learn from what worked and what did not work in each country to fight the virus from various aspects, namely science, public communication, government. We are expected to find the best combination of all this learning.
He said, at the end of last year there was inaccurate reporting of data showing a decrease in Covid-19 infections during the holiday period, giving rise to a false impression of calm during the pandemic. After that, according to him, cases increased again, with an additional 5 million Covid-19 infections worldwide and 85,000 deaths.
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