Global Health: Eastern Mediterranean Region Has Weathered Corona’s Second Wave

The WHO regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Ahmed Al-Mandhari, confirmed that the region can be said to have overcome the second wave of the “Covid 19” epidemic, according to data showing a decrease in the number of injuries and deaths. in most countries in the region.

“According to the data, we noticed a decrease in the number of injuries and deaths in most of the countries of the region, so it can be said that we have overcome the second wave,” Al-Mandhari said in a videoconference from the Regional Office. of the World Health Organization for the Eastern Mediterranean.

However, he reiterated the need for the ban “so that we can continue with this decline”, noting that “the youth group is currently among the groups in which many injuries are registered, and this is due to reasons such as opening courts and opening schools “.

It should be noted that the appearance of a new strain of the Corona virus in the United Kingdom has become a reason for its isolation to some extent, since several countries such as France, Belgium, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Bulgaria, Iran, Turkey and Kuwait have announced a ban on flights with the United Kingdom due to this new strain of the Corona virus.