GENEVA (Reuters) – The World Health Organization warned on Monday that there may never be a “miracle solution” for COVID-19 in the form of a better vaccine and that the road to normality would be long, and some countries would require a strategy restart.
More than 18.14 million other international people are believed to have become inflamed with the disease and 688,080 have died, according to a Reuters account, with the idea of some countries being above the worst experiencing a resurgence.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Emergency Chief Mike Ryan suggested that countries put in place rigorously under their physical conditioning measures such as masks, social estrangement, hand washing and testing.
“The message to citizens and governments is clear: ‘Do it all,'” Tedros said at a virtual press convention from the UN agency’s headquarters in Geneva. He said the face mask deserves to be a symbol of solidarity around the world.
“Several vaccines are in phase 3 clinical trials lately and we all hope to have a series of effective vaccines that can save your infection. However, there is no quick fix at this time, and there may probably never be.”
WHO CHIEF said that while coronavirus is the largest physical emergency since the early 20th century, foreign fever for a vaccine is also “unprecedented.”
But he pointed to the uncertainties. “It is feared that we do not have a vaccine that may work, or that its coverage will last only a few months, no more. But until we finish the clinical trials, we probably won’t know.
Ryan said countries with high transmission rates, including Brazil and India, need to prepare for a big battle: “The exit is long and requires sustained commitment,” he said, calling for a “restart” technique in some places.
“Some countries will have to step back now and see how they are dealing with the pandemic within their national borders,” he added.
When asked about the epidemic in the United States, which White House coronavirus experts say is entering a “new phase,” officials gave the impression that they had charted the “right path” and that it is not WHO’s job to do so.
WHO said an initial research team had completed its project in China and laid the groundwork for additional efforts to identify the origins of the virus.
It is one of the demands made through the main US funder, which plans to leave the framework next year, accusing him of being too willing to China.
A larger team of Chinese and foreign experts led through WHO is later planned, adding that in Wuhan City, the timing and composition of this is unclear. Ryan said China had already provided data, but that there were still gaps in wisdom.
Reporting through Michael Shields, Emma Farge and Francesco Guarascio; Written through Andrew Cawthorne; Editing through Kevin Liffey
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