Covid-19 The number of cases and deaths from the epidemic continues to increase worldwide. World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement, referring to the developments with the Covid-19 outbreak, “This week, we passed the tragic milestone of 1 million deaths reported so far this year. “While 1 million people are dying from Covid-19 this year alone and we have all the necessary tools to prevent these deaths, we can’t say we’ve learned to live with Covid-19,” he said.
Ghebreyesus reiterated his call for all countries to strengthen their efforts to vaccinate 70 percent of their populations against Covid-19, and to once again vaccinate all healthcare workers, the elderly and those at high risk.
Stating that 100 percent of health workers and the elderly are vaccinated in some countries, Ghebreyesus said, “However, much more needs to be done. “One-third of the world’s population remains unvaccinated, including two-thirds of healthcare workers and three-quarters of the elderly in low-income countries.”
While Covid-19 has been detected in 603 million 775 thousand 634 people worldwide since the start of the epidemic, 6 million 481 thousand 386 people died due to the virus.
WEEKLY REPORTED GLOBAL MONKLEPOLO CASE DROPPED MORE THAN 20 PERCENT
Stating that despite the increase in monkeypox cases in the Americas, the number of reported cases per week has decreased by more than 20 percent globally, Ghebreyesus said, “In the early stages of the epidemic, most of the reported cases were in Europe and a smaller proportion was in the Americas. This situation is now reversed,” he said.
Noting that there are signs that the monkeypox epidemic is slowing in Europe, Ghebreyesus said, “However, especially in Latin America, insufficient awareness or public health measures are combined with a lack of access to vaccines to fuel the flames of the epidemic.”
1 EBOLA CASE CONFIRMED IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Announcing earlier this week that 1 Ebola case was confirmed in the northeastern town of Beni, the epicenter of the 2018-2020 Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghebreyesus stated that 179 people in contact with the case were identified.
Reminding that the last major Ebola epidemic ended in 2020, Ghebreyesus stated that WHO will continue to support health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to respond to this case and prevent further transmission.
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