- According to the WHO, as of January 1, 2023, 661 million cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed globally.
- The Omicron Variant and its various lineages are the ones that dominate the majority of new infections.
- As a result of the increase in cases of Covid-19 in China, there are several countries that now request PCR tests from travelers from that nation.
The last months of 2022 were led by a Worrying increase in Covid-19 cases in China. This rebound has been replicated in the rest of the world and is the clearest sign that the pandemic is still a long way from coming to an end. For this reason, now one of the most important points is to avoid a repeat of the tragedy of the last three years.
current world picture
In this sense, one of the questions is the real panorama that exists in the Asian nation. The reason is because it is accused that the local government has minimized the true impact of the health crisis. With this in mind, the number of new infections would be much higher than that reported by the authorities.
As a result of the foregoing, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed this January 3 at a press conference in Geneva that a meeting of the Technical Advisory Group on COVID-19.
The meeting was attended by a group of experts made up of 30 specialists. It was formed in June 2020 to advise the UN health agency and member states on coronavirus mutations and variants. The last meeting was held last October.
What he mentions is that more information is needed on the strategy against COVID-19 in China. In a previous statement, the WHO claimed to have invited Chinese scientists to present concrete data on the sequencing of the virus during the meeting of experts that took place at the headquarters of the health agency.
Today’s meeting followed a previous “high-level” meeting held last Friday between the WHO and Chinese health officials. The latter were asked to share more information about the strategy against COVID in the Asian country.
During that meeting, the health agency He called on China to strengthen viral sequencing, clinical management and assessment of the impact of rising cases of the disease.
Tedros stresses the “importance of being transparent”
The director general of the UN agency, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesussaid last Friday via Twitter that his team “re-emphasized the importance of being transparent and regularly sharing data (about the disease) to develop accurate risk assessments and report on the response in an effective way.”
In addition to offering his support in all these matters, WHO also offered to help counter doubts about China’s vaccine strategywhere there was a departure from the old program that aspired to achieve “zero COVID cases”.
The agency stressed the importance of monitoring and timely release of data that helps China and the global community formulate accurate risk assessments.
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