WHO asks China to share specific, real-time data on COVID situation
WHO reiterated the importance of vaccination and boosters to protect against severe disease and death for people at higher risk.
WHO reiterated the importance of vaccination and boosters to protect against severe disease and death for people at higher risk.
The WHO chief said that he is "hopeful" that the COVID-19 pandemic will no longer be considered a global health emergency next year.
Indeed, WHO has upbraided the countries that are asking citizens to take yet another Covid-19 booster shot to mitigate the transmission of the virus.
"The pandemic's impact differs from country to country," Ghebreyesus said at the inaugural ceremony of the 74th Session of the WHO Regional Committee for Southeast Asia here on Monday.
'The pandemic has highlighted the intimate links between the health of humans, animals and planet.'
Ghebreyesus urged leaders to take immediate action, so as to prevent further unnecessary deaths, essential health services from collapsing and schools shutting again.
'Thank you for your commitment to solidarity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi,' he said.
Dharavi now has only 291 active Coronavirus cases, while 1,815 patients have recovered and discharged.
Globally, the coronavirus tally reached 9,408,757 while the death toll climbed to 4,82,184 on Thursday, with the WHO saying it expected global infections to pass 10 million by the end of the week.
The warning came as it emerged the virus was present in Italy in December, months before its first confirmed cases and about the same time as the disease was first reported in China.
