The head of the World Health Organization says that there has been a 90% drop in global COVID-19 deaths since February.
November 11, 2022, 6:04 AMA woman receives a shot of a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in Paris, France, on Oct. 19, 2022.
"We have come a long way, and this is definitely cause for optimism, but we continue to call on all governments, communities and individuals to remain vigilant," he added. "Almost 10,000 deaths a week is 10,000 too many, for a disease that can be prevented and treated."Tedros warned that COVID-19 testing and sequencing rates remain low globally, vaccination gaps between wealthy and poor nations are still wide and "concerning" new variants continue to proliferate.
"WHO continues to urge caution, and we continue to urge everyone to be fully vaccinated -- including getting your next dose if it’s due," he said. A novel coronavirus now known as SARS-CoV-2 was first identified from an outbreak in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The virus, which causes the disease COVID-19, quickly spread around the globe, prompting the WHO to declare a pandemic in March 2020.
So far, more than 634 million confirmed cases of COVID-19 have been reported worldwide and over 6.6 million people have died, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.BA.5 are currently the dominant versions of the virus globally, according to the WHO.that target omicron subvariants. More than 12.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, according to Johns Hopkins data.
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