"Globally, we are now seeing a plateauing in the number of #COVID19 cases and deaths, with declines in most regions”, says @DrTedros at @WHO presser. "But it’s an unacceptably high plateau, with more than 5.4 million reported #covid19 cases and almost 90.000 deaths last week."
@DrTedros @WHO “We've been here before”, says @drtedros. “Over the past year, many countries have experienced a declining trend in cases and deaths, relaxing public health and social measures too quickly, and individuals have laid down their guard, only for those hard won gains to be lost."
@DrTedros @WHO "We are still in a perilous situation”, says @DrTedros.
"The spread of variants, increased social mixing, the relaxation of public health and social measures and inequitable vaccination, are all driving transmission."
"The spread of variants, increased social mixing, the relaxation of public health and social measures and inequitable vaccination, are all driving transmission."
@DrTedros @WHO “The shocking global disparity in access to vaccines remains one of the biggest risks to ending the pandemic”, says @drtedros. “Low- and lower-middle income countries account for 47% of the world’s population but have received just 17% of the world’s vaccines."
@DrTedros @WHO "My message to leaders is use every tool at your disposal to drive transmission down right now”, says @DrTedros.
Even where immunization is high, "public health capacities must be strengthened to prepare for the possibility of vaccine-evading variants, and for future emergencies"
Even where immunization is high, "public health capacities must be strengthened to prepare for the possibility of vaccine-evading variants, and for future emergencies"
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