World Health Organization emblemGENEVA, Jan 24 COVID-19 pandemic could end in 2022 , if comprehensive measures are taken, said World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking at the opening of the 150th session of the WHO Executive Board on Monday. «If countries make full use of all these strategies and tools, we will be able to end the acute phase of the pandemic this year. We will be able to end COVID-19 as a global health emergency,» he said. Infected with the «omicron»According to him, in order to end COVID-19 as a pandemic, 70% of the population of each country must be vaccinated, with particular attention to the groups most at risk. It is also necessary to reduce deaths from the virus by introducing effective clinical treatment, including equal access to diagnostics, oxygen and antivirals at the point of care. It is important to carefully monitor the virus to monitor and assess the emergence of new variants and calibrate the use of public health and social measures when necessary, he added. instead of waiting until the pandemic is over».
