For his part, the head of the Follow-up and Evaluation Team of the International Health Regulations at the World Health Organization, Dr. Amjad Al-Khouli, said that the concerned committee to reconsider the status of "COVID-19" As a global health emergency, you will actually come together to make a decision, however "We must not pre-empt the decision of the committee that will consider this matter in light of developments surrounding the pandemic".
He explained in exclusive statements to"Sky News Arabia"it’s a "There is no doubt that COVID-19 will continue to be a major topic of discussion, and we are hopeful that, if the right efforts are made, 2023 will be the year that this emergency will officially end. Public Health".
Al-Khouli stressed that despite the apparent progress, it remains a threat corona For example, explaining the current situation of Corona as follows:
- We have witnessed a decrease in the number of cases and deaths over the past weeks, and the number of deaths is the lowest since the beginning of the year pandemic This may be due to the high rates of vaccination
- More than two-thirds of the world’s population has received at least one dose of Corona vaccineThis opens the door to hope that the pandemic will end
- The thirteenth meeting of the Emergency Committee was held health regulations Last October, I decided that at this stage we need concerted international efforts, strengthening laboratory surveillance systems, and conducting genetic sequencing tests to detect any new mutation.
- The behavior of new mutations cannot be predicted, and precautionary measures must be continued in accordance with the recommendations that are constantly updated by the World Health Organization.
- Since mid-September, the number of deaths has been between 10,000 and 14,000 per week.
- The world cannot accept this number of deaths when it has the tools to prevent it.
- I was informed World Health Organization Last week, there were regarding 11,500 deaths, nearly 40% of which were in the Region of the Americas, 30% in the European Region, and 30% in the Western Pacific Region.
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I have already expressed WHO She expresses her hope that the Corona pandemic will end this year, and she also hopes that the Covid-19 pandemic will not remainmonkeypox Two global health emergencies in 2023, the year you can expect these two diseases to end their most serious phase.
For his part, the head of the Follow-up and Evaluation Team of the International Health Regulations at the World Health Organization, Dr. Amjad Al-Khouli, said that the committee concerned to review the status of “COVID-19As a global health emergency, it will indeed meet to make a decision, but “we must not pre-empt the decision of the committee that will consider this matter in light of developments surrounding the pandemic.”
He explained, in exclusive statements to “Sky News Arabia”, that “there is no doubt that Covid-19 will remain a major topic of discussion, and we are all hopeful that the year 2023 – if the right efforts are made – will be the year in which this emergency will officially end.” Public Health“.
Al-Khouli stressed that despite the apparent progress, it remains a threat corona For example, explaining the current situation of Corona as follows:
- We have witnessed a decrease in the number of cases and deaths over the past weeks, and the number of deaths is the lowest since the beginning of the year pandemic This may be due to the high rates of vaccination
- More than two-thirds of the world’s population has received at least one dose of Corona vaccineThis opens the door to hope that the pandemic will end
- The thirteenth meeting of the Emergency Committee was held health regulations Last October, I decided that at this stage we need concerted international efforts, strengthening laboratory surveillance systems, and conducting genetic sequencing tests to detect any new mutation.
- The behavior of new mutations cannot be predicted, and precautionary measures must be continued in accordance with the recommendations that are constantly updated by the World Health Organization.
- Since mid-September, the number of deaths has been between 10,000 and 14,000 per week.
- The world cannot accept this number of deaths when it has the tools to prevent it.
- I was informed World Health Organization Last week, there were regarding 11,500 deaths, nearly 40% of which were in the Region of the Americas, 30% in the European Region, and 30% in the Western Pacific Region.
