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WHO chief warns against talk of pandemic ‘endgame’
Updated On: 25 January, 2022 09:01 AM IST | Geneva | Agencies
Says globally, the conditions are ideal for more variants to emerge
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A demonstrator holds a placard that reads ‘No to vaccine pass’ in opposition to the vaccine pass and vaccinations to protect against COVID-19 during a rally in Paris, France on Saturday. Pic/AP
The head of the World Health Organisation is warning that conditions remain ideal for more coronavirus variants to emerge and says it’s dangerous to assume omicron is the last one or that “we are in the endgame”, while saying the acute phase of the pandemic could still end this year — if some key targets are met.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO’s director-general, laid out Monday an array of achievements and concerns in global health over issues like tobacco use, resistance to anti-microbial treatments, and risks of climate change. But he said, “ending the acute phase of the pandemic must remain our collective priority”.
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