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Original title: What signs were revealed at the last WHO press conference in 2020?
“This week, exactly one year has passed since the WHO received the ‘unexplained pneumonia’ report,” said WHO Director-General Tan Desai.12month28Said at the press conference of the Japanese epidemic.
Local time12month28Day, WHO celebrated2020The last epidemic briefing of the year. At the meeting, Tan Desai reviewed the WHO’s efforts to combat the epidemic over the past year and, at the same time, called for global unity to continue fighting the epidemic. Furthermore, many WHO officials have issued warnings that there may be a pandemic that is more serious than the new corona epidemic in the future, and the world must be prepared for this.
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, delivered a speech at the press conference on the 28th. / Screenshot from WHO videoThe global epidemic continues to ferment, according to WHO statistics, according to Central European Time12month28In the afternoon of the day, the cumulative number of new confirmed crowns around the world approaches800010,000 cases, cumulative deaths exceeded176Millions of cases. Recently, the new mutated coronavirus has been discovered in the UK and South Africa and has spread to many countries around the world, causing anxiety.
2020What did the WHO say at the last outbreak conference in 2016?
Attention1: Cooperation with the UK and South Africa to tackle the mutant virus
At the launch, Tan Desai reviewed the work done by WHO last year, including the declaration of the epidemic as a “public health emergency of international concern”, the establishment of the “Accelerator of access to new coronary tools” and the ” World Program for New Coronary Vaccines “, etc. .
He said that “WHO is working closely with experts from around the world every day” to “understand all the changes that have occurred in the virus, better understand the principles of pathogenicity and transmission of these changes, and the evidence, existing treatment and vaccine. ” Impact. “He stressed that” only when countries attach importance to effective testing and can the virus mutation be detected and response measures adjusted. “
Among them, he specifically mentioned that WHO is cooperating with experts from the United Kingdom and South Africa to respond to the new mutant coronavirus, which will be an important reference to formulate the next epidemic prevention plan.
Tan Desai said that in the past year, cooperation between WHO and experts from various countries is “historic cooperation”, which has accelerated the development of new vaccines, treatment and detection of coronary pneumonia. He also stated that “it is necessary to ensure that countries are not punished for transparently sharing new scientific discoveries” and that the epidemic should not be politicized, but rather “focus on the highest priority of accelerating scientific research and saving lives.”
At the meeting, American doctorsAnd BarouchHe also said that through cooperation and transparent information exchange with experts from multiple countries, expert teams from all countries participating in the cooperation have made significant advances in scientific research. He stressed that scientific research and international cooperation must lead the fight against the epidemic.
WHO global epidemic data.Attention2: A more serious pandemic may emerge in the future
According to a report posted on the United Nations website, senior WHO officials have warned that the world is not fully prepared to fight a major outbreak and that a more serious pandemic may emerge in the future.
Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Program, said the new corona epidemic is serious and is still spreading rapidly around the world, but “it is not the most serious type. This virus is highly contagious and it can cause death, but The current fatality rate is lower than that of other emerging diseases “and” the next pandemic may be more serious. He warned that the epidemic “sounded the alarm.”
Bruce Aylward, Senior Adviser to the World Health Organization, also said: “This virus tells us that we are not ready yet … We are entering the second or third wave of epidemics, but we are not yet fully prepared to deal with All this”. .
Maria Van Kelkov, WHO technical leader on the new coronavirus (Maria van kerkhoveHe also said that as the epidemic continues, more mutations of the new coronavirus will be discovered. But he also noted that most of the mutations found so far have little effect on the infectivity and severity of the virus and not all mutations are important.
Screenshot of the WHO Twitter.Attention3: The vaccine does not guarantee the eradication of the virus.
According to a report published on the United Nations website, at the meeting the experts pointed out that vaccination does not guarantee the eradication of the new coronavirus.
Ruian noted that the new coronavirus is likely to continue to affect the world’s population and that we cannot “blindly wait for the virus to be eliminated.” “Even if the vaccine is highly efficient, it cannot guarantee the complete elimination of the epidemic. We still face great obstacles.” He noted that the new coronavirus may become endemic in the future (endemic virus）。
South African expertQuarraisha Abdool KarimThe professor said that despite the promise of vaccines, the development of new detection and treatment technologies is also critical.
Sumia Swaminathan, Deputy Director General of the World Health Organization（Soumya Swaminathan）It is noted that those who have been vaccinated must still take the same precautions as those who have not been vaccinated. British expert David Hyman said that vaccines are “a life-saving tool” that “will allow us to learn to coexist with the virus.”
Attention4: Precise blocking is the correct answer
British expert David Hyman expressed a negative attitude towards the theory of herd immunity.
He noted that while there is a saying in the world that says “when the infected population reaches a certain percentage, you can get herd immunity,” evidence has shown that early blocking and targeted blocking are effective prevention and control methods. He also stated that the team of experts “will continue to insist on providing recommendations based on scientific evidence.” Specifically, he pointed out that “Asia is a leader in the implementation of selective blocking measures.”
Text / Xie Lian
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