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Written By: Kashish Sharma | Published : January 30, 2023 7:05 PM IST
As per the committee, the pandemic is at a transition point and has to be navigated carefully
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 will continue to remain a public health emergency of international concern. The WHO Director-General took the call on the advice of the Emergency Committee. As per the committee, the pandemic is at a transition point and has to be navigated carefully. The statement was issued following the fourteenth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.
As per the global health watchdog, while the world is in a better position than it was during the peak of the Omicron transmission one year ago, more than 170 000 COVID-19-related deaths have been reported globally within the last eight weeks. In addition, surveillance and genetic sequencing have declined globally, making it more difficult to track known variants and detect new ones.
WHO stated that COVID-19 still continues to be a threat to all healthcare systems worldwide.
In the meeting, the committee raised concerns about the ongoing risk posed by COVID-19, with a still high number of deaths compared to other respiratory infectious diseases, the insufficient vaccine uptake in low and middle-income countries and uncertainty of the new variants. It also warned of the elevated risk of post-infection cardiovascular and metabolic disease that will have a serious impact on the population.
The Emergency Committee has recommended WHO the following action points that must be taken by the global health organization-
