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Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, November 9 (Reporter Liu Qu) The resumption of the session of the 73rd World Health Assembly opened on 9. The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tan Desai, once again called global solidarity and the fight against the scientific epidemic.
The 6-day meeting is a continuation of the WHO Conference in May. Affected by the new corona epidemic, the meeting is still held by video. The conference will discuss some of the most pressing problems and emergencies facing the global health sector, including the new corona epidemic, which is still raging. According to WHO data, until that day, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crowns worldwide exceeded 50 million.
Tan Desai delivered a keynote speech at the meeting, once again calling for global unity and the scientific fight against the epidemic. He said: “We cannot negotiate with it (the epidemic), nor close our eyes and hope that it will disappear. Our only hope is science, find a solution and unity.
Tan Desai said that as part of the global response to the new corona pandemic, the international cooperation initiative “Access to the accelerator of tools to combat new coronary pneumonia” coordinated by the World Health Organization is achieving rapid development of vaccines, diagnostic tools, therapies and a fair distribution of these resources. Tangible results.
For example, under an agreement reached in September, WHO will provide 120 million sets of new rapid COVID-19 test tools to low- and middle-income countries. In addition, WHO has provided dexamethasone treatment to approximately 4.5 million new corona patients in low-income countries. Dexamethasone is the only drug that has been shown to reduce the risk of death from the new crown. WHO has also worked with partners to support the development of nine new coronavirus vaccines and has made it easier for 186 countries and economies to join the new coronavirus COVAX global vaccine plan led by WHO.
Tedros said the new corona epidemic is far from the only public health emergency the WHO is responding to. Since the beginning of this year, WHO has responded to more than 60 emergencies. The COVID-19 pandemic that has devastated the world has highlighted that people’s health, universal health coverage and global health security are closely interrelated. WHO promises to continue to advance its target of “three billion”, meaning one billion more people will benefit from universal health coverage worldwide and one billion more people will be better protected from health emergencies, health and well-being Improved population adds one billion people.
Tedros said, “The world has come to a fork in the road.” Although what is urgently needed is a vaccine that can control the spread of the new coronavirus, “vaccines” against poverty, hunger, climate change or inequality are still lacking. These challenges are intertwined and cannot be solved in isolation. The whole world needs to work together. United by the common goal and the common future.
