(Genève) The pandemic of COVID-19 is « far from being finished », announced on Tuesday the director of the Organization mondiale de la Santé (OMS), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during a press conference in Geneva.
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“Alors que le virus fait une percée, nous devons le repusser”, declared le Dr Tedros, ajoutant : « La pandemie de COVID-19 est loin d’être finie. »
“Alors que les hospitalizations et la transmission de la COVID-19 augmentent, les gouvernements doivent deployer des mesures testées et éprouvées comme le port du masque, une ventilation ameliorée et des protocols de pistage et de treatment”, he added.
The number of cases of COVID-19 in the world has increased by 30% these two last weeks – an increase mainly fueled by the sub-variants of Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, according to Dr Michael Ryan, chef des urgences de l’OMS, lors de la conférence de presse.
Au 11 juillet, l’OMS recense plus de 552,5 million de cas confirmés de COVID-19 dans le monde, dont 232,3 million en Europe, pour plus de 6,3 million de morts depuis le début de la pandemie.
According to Our World in Data, à la même date, 61.3% of the global population presents a complete vaccination schedule, while 66.8% has received at least one dose of vaccine.
Circule freely
Lee Dr Ryan also pointed the finger at the lifting of health measures and social distancing, as well as the reduction of screenings, which complicate the surveillance of the pandemic.
« The virus continues to circulate freely, and the States do not distribute the burden of the disease effectively according to their capacities, at the same time for hospitalizations for severe cases and the growing number of people in the post-Covid-19 state. 19, souvent appelé COVID-19 longue », a ajouté le Dr Tedros.
The two leaders of the WHO spoke on the sidelines of the publication by the WHO of the results of the emergency meeting of the Comité d’urgence sur la COVID-19, held on Wednesday.
The UN agency has announced the maintenance of the pandemic of COVID-19 in the rank of “d’urgence de santé publique de portée internationale”, the highest level of alert of the organization, following a unanimous decision. du Comité.
Le Comité pointe la baisse des dépistages et du séquençage génomique, qui rendent « de plus en plus difficile » l’évaluation de l’ impact des variants de COVID-19, et autreinent « l’ inadequation de la surveillance actuelle » de la pandemie.
Le Comité relève notably l’absence de mise en place de mesures de santé publique adapted dans les régions touchées par une resurgence des cases.
La branche européenne de l’agence de santé, for its part, recommended on Tuesday a second booster dose of the vaccine against COVID-19 for vulnerable people, while nearly seven million cases have been recorded on the continent in recent years. des sept derniers jours.
