Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), seeks approval treaty against pandemics, provided that the effects caused by covid-19 are avoided in the future.
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As he explains, In the future, even worse, there will be other epidemics that all countries must be prepared for to protect their citizens. This became known after the health authority declared the end of the global health emergency due to Sars-CoV-2, which according to its calculations has caused more than 20 million deaths.
Tedros warned that the end of covid as an international emergency “does not end as a health threat” and said there is still a risk of it evolving into variants that create new waves of infections and deaths.
“The threat of the emergence of another variant causing new waves of sickness and death remains, and the threat of the emergence of another pathogen with even more deadly potential,” he said in presenting a report on WHO’s actions at the 76th edition of the World Health Assembly.
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Yes definitely, He insisted that pandemics were “far from” the only danger we face as humanity.so we have to be on the alert for any contingency.
“When the next epidemic knocks on the door, we must be prepared to respond decisively, collectively and fairly,” he commented.
WHO plans for everyone to sign a set of commitments to better deal with health emergencies. and not to make the mistakes of 2020, when covid-19 surprised the authorities.
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“I urge every State to constructively and urgently participate in the anti-pandemic treaty negotiations (…), so that the world never again has to face the devastation of a pandemic like covid,” Tedros stressed.
Since 2017, the WHO chief has recommended that the agreement “must be a generational commitment that we will not repeat the panic and neglect that have made this world so vulnerable”.
While WHO pointed out that the Covid emergency has partially changed the course, it urged leaders to continue on the path of the Sustainable Development Goals.: “We must pursue them with the same urgency and determination we have shown against the pandemic.”
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