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WHO Director-General Dr. “We are at a critical turning point in this pandemic, especially in the northern hemisphere. The next few months will be very difficult and some countries are moving in a dangerous direction,” said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in the press conference held at the organization’s headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. warned.
Ghebreyesus urged the country’s leaders to take immediate action to prevent more unnecessary deaths, the collapse of primary health care and the closure of schools again.
Stating that oxygen is one of the most essential ‘drugs’ for Covid-19 patients, Ghebreyesus said that “WHO is committed to working in solidarity with all governments, partners and the private sector to increase the supply of oxygen. sustainable”. used the expression.
Noting that oxygen demand increased exponentially during the epidemic period, Ghebreyesus said that according to his estimates, the world’s poorest countries have only 5 to 20 percent of the oxygen they need for patient care.
“EXPECTATIONS FOR VACCINES MUST BE BALANCED”
Responding to a question on vaccination studies, Senior Expert from the WHO Scientific Delegation. Soumya Swaminathan adds: “To the extent that we can monitor the ongoing vaccination studies, our best hope is that we can get results from one or two vaccine trials before the end of the year, possibly starting in late November,” he said.
Swaminathan said that if the urgent use of vaccines is on the agenda, the WHO has “minimum criteria” on it.
Noting that phase 3 trials of 10 vaccines are still continuing around the world, Swaminathan stressed that expectations for the success of vaccines must be “balanced.”
Swaminathan also addressed the possibility that the vaccines may not be successful against Kovid-19, “because we know that the success rates of vaccine trials are 10 to 20 percent.” I speak.
Mike Ryan, director of the WHO Emergency Program, said there has been a “huge” increase in the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths in Europe.
