[국제]WHO: COVID-19 remains a global public health emergency

Discussion of cancellation for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19… “Premature”
“The situation has improved, but the risk remains due to virus mutation”
622 million confirmed cases and 6.5 million deaths worldwide
More than 260,000 confirmed cases in one day and 856 deaths in one week

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to maintain the international public health emergency announced at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Although the current situation of COVID-19 in all countries has improved, the mutation of the COVID-19 virus continues and risks and uncertainties remain, he said, maintaining a state of emergency.

Reporter Lee Dong-heon reports.

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has agreed to accept the recommendation of the WHO International Health Emergency Committee to maintain the highest level of international public health emergency once morest COVID-19.

[테워드로스 아드하놈 거브러여수스 / WHO 사무총장 : 코로나19에 대한 국제적 공중보건 비상사태를 유지하자는 위원회의 견해에 동의합니다.]

The emergency committee held last week discussed whether to lift the state of emergency for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19, but unanimously concluded that it was premature.

Although the situation of COVID-19 in all countries has improved, the reason is that risks and uncertainties remain in the situation where the mutation of the COVID-19 virus continues.

So far, 622 million people worldwide have been confirmed with COVID-19, and 6.5 million deaths have been reported to the WHO.

Recently, the number of daily confirmed cases worldwide has decreased to 263,000 and the number of deaths in one week has decreased to 856, but it is still high compared to other diseases.

[디디어 후신 / WHO 국제 보건 긴급위원회 위원장 : 비상사태를 종료할 경우 백신과 치료제의 불평등을 심화할 수 있다는 큰 우려가 있습니다. 앞으로 있을 수 있는 팬데믹에 대비해 들인 모든 노력을 수포로 만들 위험이 있습니다.]

Above all, it was pointed out that the problem is that the COVID-19 virus continues to mutate, but it is not properly observed due to the easing of quarantines in countries around the world.

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that more than 300 sub-mutations of the highly contagious omicron mutation have been reported, and warned that new combinations of these might result in severe immune evasion.

This is YTN Lee Dong-heon.

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