WHO maintains maximum alert level for covid-19

The World Health Organization (WHO) decided to maintain the maximum level of alert for the covid-19 pandemic, after a meeting of the Emergency Committee on International Health Regulations.

While the committee acknowledged that the pandemic may be approaching a tipping point, it decided that “there is no doubt” that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus will continue to be a permanently established pathogen in humans and animals to the future and therefore there is a critical need for a long-term public health actionannounced the WHO in a statement.

“While elimination of this virus from human and animal reservoirs is highly unlikely, mitigating its devastating impact on morbidity and mortality is feasible and should remain a priority objective,” stresses the WHO.