Thread by @WHO

Over 2 years ago...

"On 30 January [2020], we were telling the 🌍 there's going to be a flood"-@DrMikeRyan

WHO raised its highest alarm🚨 then, by declaring the #COVID19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of Intl. Concern.

6 weeks later, the outbreak had become a pandemic.

@DrMikeRyan 2 years after WHO described #COVID19 as a pandemic,
Over 4⃣3⃣3⃣ million confirmed cases almost 6⃣ million deaths have been reported globally.The cases and deaths are declining overall, some countries are lifting measures, but the pandemic is far from over.

To help countries respond the #COVID19 pandemic effectively, WHO published over 280 guidance documents, covering various topics:

📃Infection prevention & control
📃Laboratory testing
📃Travel advice
📃Clinical management
📃Home care
and many more 👇bit.ly/3jGuTHL

We can’t simply hope for the #COVID19 pandemic to end on its own.

Vaccine inequity = more transmission and death = more opportunity for new variants to emerge = more social and economic disruption.

Join our fight for #VaccinEquity!

Since the beginning of the #COVID19 pandemic, WHO has mounted a response at an unprecedented global scale. Countries need to continue and take even stronger action to end the pandemic, to #ACTogether.

Ending the #COVID19 pandemic is not simple but is possible. We are #InThisTogether and you can help by:
💉Get vaccinated
😷#WearAMask
↔️ Keep physical distance
🪟 Open windows
🤧Cover your cough/sneeze
👐Clean your hands