It seemed that everything has passed, that the Covid had been almost defeated, but it is not like that. The relaxation of restriction measures in many European countries and in vaccinations has once again set off the alarm bells at the World Health Organization (WHO). The director general of the agency Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has warned that last week almost two million cases of COVID-19 were reported in Europe, which represents “the highest number in a single week since the pandemic began .”
According to Tedros Adhanom, “Almost 27,000 deaths were reported in Europe, more than half of all Covid deaths in the world last week. It is increasing in countries with the lowest vaccination rates in Eastern Europe, but also in countries with some of the highest vaccination rates in the world in Western Europe. It is another reminder, as we have said time and again, that vaccines do not replace the need for other precautions against Covid, “Tedros said at a press conference.
The top leader of the United Nations international health body has welcomed the fact that some European countries are now reintroducing restrictions to curb transmission and relieve pressure on their health systems.
In any case, he has pointed out that none should have allowed this problem: “No country should be in this situation, almost two years after the COVID-19 pandemic. With the right mix of measures, countries may find a balance between keeping the transmission of COVID-19 low and keeping their societies and economies open.
On the other hand, Tedros has insisted that “it does not make sense to give booster doses to healthy adults or to vaccinate children, while health workers, the elderly and other high-risk groups around the world are still waiting. your first dose.
«The exception, as we have said, are immunocompromised individuals. And yet countries with higher vaccine coverage continue to stock more COVID-19 vaccines, while low-income countries continue to wait. Six times more boosters are given each day in the world than primary doses in low-income countries. This is a scandal that must stop now, “he defended.
Thus, he recalled that to reach the WHO goal of vaccinating 40 percent of the world’s population by the end of this year, 550 million additional doses are needed, that is, the production of about 10 days. “We have shown that COVAX works if you have the vaccines. COVAX has already sent almost 500 million vaccines to 144 countries and territories, “he added.
