CORONAVIRUS MAY NEVER GO AWAY - WHO
The World Health Organisation, (WHO) has warned that the Coronavirus disease, just like HIV may never go away.
The Organisation said that curtailing the spread will require great effort, even after a vaccine might have been developed for the novel virus.
WHO Emergencies Director, Dr. Mike Ryan, gave this warning yesterday during a media call and further cautioned against trying to predict when the virus would disappear.
“It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities and this virus may never go away. HIV has not gone away, but we have come to terms with the virus.
‘’I think there are no promises in this and there are no dates. This disease may settle into a long problem, or it may not be,” Dr. Ryan said.
Ryan also said he does not believe anyone can predict when the virus will disappear.
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Even after revealing that there are currently over 100 potential vaccines in development, Dr. Ryan recalled there are other illnesses like measles that still have not been completely eliminated despite the availability of their vaccines.
“The trajectory is in our hands, and it’s everybody’s business, and we should all contribute to stop this pandemic,” he concluded.
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