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WHO urged the world community to prepare for a new pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic will not be the last, so next time you need to be prepared, the organization said.
The head of the WHO, Tedros Ghebreyesus, said that the coronavirus pandemic is not the last, and it is necessary to prepare in advance for a new one. He said so at a briefing in Geneva on Monday, September 7.
“This is not the last pandemic. History teaches us that disease outbreaks and pandemics are indeed part of life,” Gebreyesus said.
“When the next pandemic hits, the world must be prepared [к ней] more than him this time, “he added.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the new coronavirus “teaches everyone many lessons,” the WHO chief continued.
“One of them is that health is not a luxury item for those who can afford it, it is a necessity and a human right,” Ghebreyesus emphasized, adding that the health system is “the basis of social, economic and political stability. “. “.
In this sense, Ghebreyesus asked to invest in “prevention, identification [болезней] and response “as well as” investing in public health, and especially in primary health care. “
So, as an example, the head of the WHO cited Thailand’s efforts to develop health care, as well as the “difficult decisions” made by Italy, which allowed “to take COVID-19 under control.”
Earlier, the WHO said that the abolition of quarantine threatens disaster. The governments of countries that want to open borders and stop containing the spread of the coronavirus must expect unpleasant consequences, the WHO chief warned.
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