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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The World Health Organization (WHO) admits that it is concerned about increasing the perception in the community that the pandemic has ended because the Covid-19 vaccine was discovered. Although the pandemic will last a long time.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said advances in vaccines “give us all hope and we see the end of solving this pandemic problem. But this does not mean that the pandemic is over. In fact, many countries are still struggling with high transmission of the virus that puts pressure on hospitals and staff. ” doctor.
“The pandemic has a long way to go and the decisions made by leaders and citizens in the coming days will determine the short-term course of the virus and when this pandemic will end,” Tedros was quoted as saying by AFP on Saturday (05/12/ 2020). .
Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO Covid-19 technical leader, added that this decision “can mean life or death for us, life or death for our families.”
According to WHO data, around 51 Covid-19 vaccines are being tested in humans, of which 13 are in the final stage of clinical trials. Another 163 vaccines are being developed in the laboratory.
“I have seen vaccines change the world and change the course of the epidemic, and I fully hope that this vaccine and future ones will,” said WHO emergency director Michael Ryan. But he cautioned that people needed to realize that a vaccine “will not be available to everyone early next year.”
Previously, Michael Ryan also revealed that the discovery and distribution of a vaccine to combat the Covid-19 pandemic would not by itself eliminate the deadly corona virus.
“A vaccine is not the same as zero Covid,” WHO emergency director Michael Ryan was quoted as saying by AFP. “Vaccines and vaccines will add an important tool and a powerful tool to the team we have. But they will not do the job themselves.”
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