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The pandemic still has a long way to go, despite the arrival of COVID vaccines, warns the head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who urges citizens to continue complying with preventive measures, reports Agerpres.
Officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday expressed concern about an increasingly visible perception among the public that with advances in vaccine design against COVID-19, the pandemic is coming to an end. Officials warned that we still have a long way to go and that currently in hospitals “it is impossible.”
WHO experts agree that vaccines will be a powerful tool against this pandemic, but point out that they will be widely available to the public only after the vaccination of health workers and risk categories.
WHO Director-General for Europe Mike Ryan emphasized that “vaccines do not mean zero COVID” and that alone will not be enough to end the pandemic. “We have reached … a tipping point in the pandemic. We ask people to keep pushing themselves,” he said.
“The advancement of vaccines gives us all hope and now we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. However, WHO is concerned about a growing perception that the COVID-19 pandemic is over, “said WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, quoted by Reuters and AFP.
“We know it was a difficult year and people got tired, but in hospitals that are working at or above capacity, it is as difficult as can be. The truth is that many places are currently facing high transmission of the disease. virus, which puts enormous pressure on hospitals, intensive care units and health personnel ”, explained the head of the WHO.
Too, the WHO Director-General urged governments to plan their vaccination campaigns from now on, ensuring that they have the necessary staff, very low temperature vaccine storage facilities and the necessary regulations.
In Romania, Dr. Valeriu Gheorghiță, coordinator of the national vaccination campaign against COVID-19, presented details of the vaccination strategy approved the day before the CSAT on Friday. There will be between 850 and 900 vaccination centers throughout the country, in addition to mobile caravans, and the goal is to vaccinate 13 million Romanians in 6 months, which would guarantee mass immunization.
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Editor: Luana Pavaluca
