WHO Director General Tan Desai: The epidemic is not political football, you must not give up | Epidemic_Sina.com

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Original title: WHO Director-General Ghebreyesus: The epidemic is not political football, we must not give up

[Artículo / Observador Net Qi Qian]The number of confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia worldwide has exceeded 43 million. With the arrival of autumn and winter, many countries, including Europe and the United States, are in a “dangerous situation” of rebounding the epidemic. American experts worry that the third wave of the epidemic in the country will have a broader impact than the first two.

On October 26 local time, at a regular press conference in Geneva, the Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned all countries that in the face of a serious epidemic situation, the leaders of all countries should “weigh the pros and cons of all parties.” He stressed that the epidemic is not “political football” and that prevention and control of the epidemic must not be abandoned.

Shortly before Tedros’s speech, the White House chief of staff declared in an interview that the US government “has no intention of controlling the epidemic.” Democratic vice presidential candidate Harris believes that this statement represents “recognition of the failure in the fight against the epidemic” by the Trump administration.

At the regular press conference, Tan Desai expressed his concern about the current global epidemic, especially the number of new cases and hospitalizations in many countries in the northern hemisphere is increasing dramatically. He also specifically named Europe and North America, noting that intensive care units in these areas are already “overcrowded.”

In this regard, Tedros said that the leaders of several countries have taken actions to limit the spread of the virus, but must still “make a careful balance between disturbing lives and livelihoods, and protecting medical workers and the medical system.”

He said: “I understand that people are already exhausted by the epidemic (prevention and control measures): working from home, children take online classes remotely at home, not being able to meet with family and friends, this has an impact on everyone’s mental and physical state …But we can’t give up, and we must never give up。 “

Tan Desai particularly emphasized the importance of protecting medical personnel during the epidemic prevention and control period, and this requires that “everyone start by themselves” and take all preventive measures to reduce the risk of transmission, including:

For individuals, families and communities, stay home as much as possible and comply with public health measures; for the government, do what the WHO “always asks” from the beginning of the epidemic, including testing, quarantine, monitoring and treatment. At the same time, understand the epidemic situation in your country and stay ahead of the virus.

“The fight against the epidemic is everyone’s business and we all must make concessions, commitments and sacrifices.”

Tedros called at the end,The COVID-19 pandemic is not “political football.” Stop politicizing the pandemic.Because as long as there are political differences at the national level, including the lack of respect for science and professionals, then “chaos will spread and cases and deaths will increase.”

While Tedros politely called on all countries to “not give up” and not politicize the epidemic, the new corona pneumonia epidemic in the United States quickly recovered, with more than 80,000 confirmed cases each day – a record!

According to real-time data from Johns Hopkins University in the United States, at 10:24 on October 27 Beijing time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of the new crown in the United States exceeded 8.7 million, reaching 87,00053 cases and a total of 225,720 deaths.

But on October 25 local time, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows declared in an interview with CNN: “We do not intend to control the new corona epidemic. What needs to be controlled. en: We have obtained the data on vaccines, new crown treatments and mitigation measures. “

Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris said in this comment that Meadows’ comments were that the Trump administration “admitted that it failed to combat the epidemic.”

Trump tweeted on the 26th: “New crowns, new crowns, new crowns, fake media has been using this issue to influence the election. Losers!”

Editor in charge: He Zhongfu