We hope the pandemic will end in two years, said the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday. He recalled that the Spanish flu epidemic that broke out in 1918 lasted two years.
When will the COVID-19 pandemic end?
Tedros added that now that people travel much more, the pandemic is spreading easier and faster. “But we have the technology and the knowledge to stop it,” he assured.
WHO epidemiologist Maria Van Kerkhove said more research is needed to determine the significance of the coronavirus mutations.
«A special team has been formed to identify mutations (…). We study what mutations mean and how they work », Van Kerkhove said.
WHO’s director of emergencies, Mike Ryan, estimated that the scale of the pandemic in Mexico is underestimated and unknown because there are too few tests – out of 100. of people, three tests are performed, compared to 150 in the USA.
Studies show that so far less than 10 percent. of the population have coronavirus antibodies. According to calculations by Reuters, over 22,81 million people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, and 793 have died.
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