‘COVID-19 caused more mass trauma than WWII’

World Health Organization WHO officials have said that the ongoing COVID19 pandemic has caused more ldquomass traumardquo than World War II and warned of its lasting consequencesldquoThe world has experienced mass trauma because World War II affected many many livesrdquo WHO DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a virtual press conference on Friday ldquoAnd now even with this pandemic with bigger magnitude more lives have been affected almost the whole world is affectedrdquoldquoCountries have to see it as such and prepare for thatrdquo he warned Evidence of mass trauma has been presented by other organisations such as the International Council of Nurses which warned on January 13 of the effects of the pandemic on nursesrsquo mental healthIndiarsquos proposal may failFour top Republican senators have urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and South Africa to the World Trade Organisation WTO to waive antiCOVID vaccine patents saying that waiving all rights to intellectual property would end the innovation pipeline and stop the development of new vaccines or boosters to address variants in the virus Mike Lee Tom Cotton Joni Ernst and Todd Young in a letter to President Biden urged him to reject the upcoming proposal at the WTOPerson with variant foundUK Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed that the mystery person infected with the Coronavirus ldquovariant of concernrdquo which first emerged in Brazil has been foundSpeaking at a Downing Street press briefing Hancock said he was ldquodelightedrdquo in the success of the ldquoflat out workrdquo of health officials to identify the missing caseThe ldquobest evidencerdquo shows that the person has stayed at home and therersquos no sign there has been any onward transmission said HancockThailandrsquos vax passportsThailand is considering COVID19 vaccine passports and quarantine exemption amid efforts to boost the countryrsquos ailing tourism sectorPrime Minister Prayut Chanocha has ordered the Foreign Ministry to conduct a study into the vaccine passports ldquoIf we decide to unveil the plan China will be the first country that wersquore going to negotiate withrdquo said Deputy PM Wissanu KreangamSwedenrsquos vax certificateSweden is developing a digital COVID19 vaccination certificate for use in international travel and the country aims to have the system in place by June 1 the government saidldquoSweden is driving the development of digital vaccination certificates We now have a model that is simple safe and versatile I see these vaccination certificates being in place by the summerrdquo Anders Ygeman Minister for Digital DevelopmentCOVAX delivers doses to 20 nationsCOVAX the international vaccine campaign coled by the World Health Organization WHO and its partners has so far delivered more than 20 million doses of COVID19 vaccines to 20 countries Last week the first COVID19 vaccination campaigns in Africa using doses provided by COVAX began in Ghana116183268TOTAL Number OF CORONAVIRUSCASES IN THE WORLD2582192Number OF DEATHS WORLDWIDE65705743Number OF RECOVERED PATIENTSThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever