WHO Urges Gov'ts to Be Cautious ahead of Lifting Covid-19 Restrictions

Michael Rayan, Executive- Director of Emergency Program of the World Health Organization (WHO), urged governments across the world to be more cautious ahead of lifting restrictions linked to the Coronavirus ( known also as COVID-19).

He recommended leaders of the nations to study the health situation thoroughly before opening the economies again.

Rayan told the “ Telegraph”, a UK daily newspaper, that allowing of infecting of more people represents an ethical void and stupidity.

He pointed out that infections increase even in countries where most of the population were vaccinated against the COVID-19.

The   Executive- Director of Emergency Program of the World Health Organization affirmed that all countries should follow cautious methods to avoid losing gains that have been won.

WHO asked countries that plan to vaccinate children between 12 and 15 years to revise the matter and donate the surplus in doses to the COVAX initiative.

It is worth noting that this international initiative aims at providing vaccines to health crews, elders, and other groups in the low-income countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia.

Rayan went on to say that the world is witnessing some stability in the rate of infection with the Coronavirus ( known also as COVID-19), indicating, during a news conference held in Geneva, Switzerland, that over the last two weeks percentage of the infection with the deadly virus retreated significantly.

He affirmed that the situation in the world now is better than what it was before three months, touching on the epidemiological situation across the planet.

He revealed that some countries saw a decline in infections, meanwhile, the rate of infection spiked in others due to the effectiveness of detecting mutations of COVID-19, easing restrictions, and of increasing mixing up between people.

On December 31, 2019, the Chinese authorities informed the WHO of an outbreak of unknown pneumonia in the city of Wuhan, in the central part of the country (Hubei Province).

The organization declared the Coronavirus as a pandemic on March 11, 2020.