WHO chief: The COVID-19 pandemic is 'most certainly not over'

Alright, new this morning, the World Health Organization estimates 15 million people around the world have died from COVID or because of its effect on health services. That's more than double the confirmed deaths on record right now. Here in the us, we're nearing yet another grim milestone during the pandemic. According to data from Johns Hopkins University, the US is less than 3500 COVID-19 deaths From one million. The US has the largest death toll in the world and has reported more than 81 million confirmed cases since the pandemic began.

The COVID-19 pandemic is 바카라 게임 웹사이트�most certainly not over,바카라 게임 웹사이트� the head of the World Health Organization warned Sunday, despite a decline in reported cases since the peak of the omicron wave. He told governments that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�we lower our guard at our peril.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Related video above: WHO Estimates Nearly 15 Million Deaths Associated With COVID-19The U.N. health agency's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told officials gathered in Geneva for opening of the WHO's annual meeting that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�declining testing and sequencing means we are blinding ourselves to the evolution of the virus.바카라 게임 웹사이트� He also noted that almost 1 billion people in lower-income countries still haven't been vaccinated.In a weekly report Thursday on the global situation, WHO said the number of new COVID-19 cases appears to have stabilized after weeks of decline since late March, while the overall number of weekly deaths dropped.While there has been progress, with 60% of the world's population vaccinated, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not over anywhere until it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s over everywhere,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Tedros said.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Reported cases are increasing in almost 70 countries in all regions, and this in a world in which testing rates have plummeted,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he added.Reported deaths are rising in Africa, the continent with the lowest vaccination coverage, he said, and only 57 countries 바카라 게임 웹사이트� almost all of them wealthy 바카라 게임 웹사이트� have vaccinated 70% of their people.While the world's vaccine supply has improved, there is 바카라 게임 웹사이트�insufficient political commitment to roll out vaccines바카라 게임 웹사이트� in some countries, gaps in 바카라 게임 웹사이트�operational or financial capacity바카라 게임 웹사이트� in others, he said.바카라 게임 웹사이트�In all, we see vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation and disinformation,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Tedros said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The pandemic will not magically disappear, but we can end it.바카라 게임 웹사이트�Tedros is expected to be appointed for a second five-year term this week at the World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of the WHO's member countries.

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Related video above: WHO Estimates Nearly 15 Million Deaths Associated With COVID-19

The U.N. health agency's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, told officials gathered in Geneva for opening of the WHO's annual meeting that 바카라 게임 웹사이트�declining testing and sequencing means we are blinding ourselves to the evolution of the virus.바카라 게임 웹사이트� He also noted that almost 1 billion people in lower-income countries still haven't been vaccinated.

In a weekly report Thursday on the global situation, WHO said the number of new COVID-19 cases appears to have stabilized after weeks of decline since late March, while the overall number of weekly deaths dropped.

While there has been progress, with 60% of the world's population vaccinated, 바카라 게임 웹사이트�it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s not over anywhere until it바카라 게임 웹사이트�s over everywhere,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Tedros said.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�Reported cases are increasing in almost 70 countries in all regions, and this in a world in which testing rates have plummeted,바카라 게임 웹사이트� he added.

Reported deaths are rising in Africa, the continent with the lowest vaccination coverage, he said, and only 57 countries 바카라 게임 웹사이트� almost all of them wealthy 바카라 게임 웹사이트� have vaccinated 70% of their people.

While the world's vaccine supply has improved, there is 바카라 게임 웹사이트�insufficient political commitment to roll out vaccines바카라 게임 웹사이트� in some countries, gaps in 바카라 게임 웹사이트�operational or financial capacity바카라 게임 웹사이트� in others, he said.

바카라 게임 웹사이트�In all, we see vaccine hesitancy driven by misinformation and disinformation,바카라 게임 웹사이트� Tedros said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트�The pandemic will not magically disappear, but we can end it.바카라 게임 웹사이트�

Tedros is expected to be appointed for a second five-year term this week at the World Health Assembly, the annual meeting of the WHO's member countries.

WHO chief: The COVID-19 pandemic is 'most certainly not over'

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