WHO: The new crown pneumonia pandemic must end in 2022

On the 20th local time, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at a press conference in Geneva that the new crown pneumonia epidemic in 2021 claimed at least 3.3 million lives. Today, 50,000 people still die directly from the new crown pneumonia every week. .

Tan Desai also said that the data shows that the Omi Keron mutant strain spreads faster than the Delta strain, and people who have been vaccinated against the new crown or who have recovered may be infected with the virus again. The epidemic has not only disrupted people’s normal lives, but even disrupted screening, treatment, and services for other diseases.

Tan Desai emphasized that we must end the new coronary pneumonia pandemic in 2022. All countries need to invest in preventing future disasters of this scale and speeding up the achievement of sustainable development goals.

Editor: Liu Siyu