Europa PressMadrid 27/09/2023 17:16h.
The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom.EUROPA PRESS
Tedros Adhanom has noted that “hospitalization and ICU admissions have increased in the last 28 days, especially in America and Europe”
The director of the WHO has pointed out that, although “no change in severity has been detected, all these viruses that are circulating can cause the entire range of diseases.”
This Wednesday, Dr. Maria Vankherkove pointed out that “worrying Covid-19 trends continue to be observed” and that vaccination levels are low.
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom, pointed out, at a press conference this Wednesday, that “worrying trends in Covid-19″ and that, furthermore, “vaccination levels among the most unprotected population remain worryingly low.”
“Hospitalization and ICU admissions have increased in the last 28 days, especially in America and Europe,” he declared. and added that “two thirds of the world’s population have received a complete primary vaccination series.”
For her part, the Covid-19 technical leader of the WHO emergencies program, Dr. Maria Vankherkove, has assured that, currently “there is no dominant variant in the entire world”, but there are several in circulation classified as ” variants of interest”.
There is no dominant variant
These are the variants XBB.1.5, XBB.1.16, and EG.5. “EG.5 is increasing worldwide and the other two XBB are starting to decrease, but we do not have any dominant variant,” he said.
In addition, He pointed out that, although “no change in severity has been detected, all these viruses that are circulating can cause the entire range of diseases.” “If you become infected with this virus, whatever variant is circulating, it can cause anything from asymptomatic infection to severe illness and death. The good news is that our measures work,” said Dr. Vankherkove.
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In this sense, the expert has asserted that “the vaccines currently used are protective against the variants that are in circulation, including the variants of interest that are in circulation and the variants under surveillance, this one in which there are 200 sequences in everyone, the BA 2.86”.
“Covid-19 vaccines remain safe and effective and prevent serious illness and death. Advanced therapeutics can prevent the development of the disease,” he declared.
Finally, the doctor has warned that no country is exempt from these new variants since “variants can emerge anywhere”. “This is not a particular population, country or region, so we need good surveillance in all countries associated with its circulation, associated with the use of therapeutics, associated with people who work at the animal interface -human”, he concluded.
2023-09-27 15:16:13
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