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Covid: the three scenarios considered by the WHO about the future of the epidemic

As the Covid-19 epidemic is increasing again, after being calmer for one month, it is difficult to consider what will happen in the coming months. The WHO came up with three different scenarios as for the future of the epidemic.

Covid: According to the WHO, half a million people have died since Omicron

This Tuesday February 8, 2022, the WHO announced half a million people have died because of Omicron, reminding the variant is not without its dangers.

Covid: WHO thinks it is “premature” to declare victory over coronavirus

This Tuesday February 1, 2022, the World Health Organization warned against the too-hasty lifting of restrictions. According to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, it is too early to declare victory.

Omicron: end of the Covid-19 pandemic “plausible” in Europe, WHO said

As the Omicron variant keeps on spreading in the old continent, the WHO considers the end of the Covid-19 pandemic is “plausible” in Europe.

Covid: the pandemic is “nowhere near over”, the WHO says

As some people have been willing to be optimistic, this January 18, 2022, the WHO has warned the world. World Health Organization Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a press brief the pandemic was “nowhere near over”, adding “new variants are likely to emerge”.

Omicron variant: the risk remains “very high” according to the WHO

Faced with the swift spread of Omicron across the world, the WHO is warning against the still “very high” risk related to this new variant.

Coronavirus: the epidemic to end in 2022? The WHO’s goal

Can one hope to see the coronavirus epidemic come to an end in 2022? Anyway, this is the goal of the World Health Organization. Director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reminds the importance of stopping vaccinal inequity in the world for this scenario come true.

Covid: Omicron variant spreads at “extraordinary pace”, WHO warns

According to the WHO, no Covid variant has ever spread as fast as Omicron. The organization considers all countries are now hit by the variant.

Covid: vaccines’ effectiveness, severe disease… The WHO intends to reassure about the Omicron variant

As many countries are making more health measures to face the Omicron variant, the OMS tries to reassure. According to one of the Organization seniors who spoke to the AFP, there is “no reason” to think the current vaccines do not protect against the variant found for the first time in South Africa. Furthermore, the Omicron does not “cause more severe illness”.

Covid: the WHO claims the new variant currently only causes “mild disease”

Faced with the panic caused by the new Omicron variant, the World Health Organization intends to sound reassuring: at the moment, it only causes “mild disease”.

Omicron variant: the WHO advises people aged 60+ and vulnerable people against traveling

Facing the Omicron variant threat, several countries have decided to close their borders. But for the World Health Organization, these restrictions “will not prevent the international spread” of the variant and which will “only worsen inequities”. Therefore, the WHO recommends people at risk not to travel.

Covid: WHO warns against likely shortage of syringes in 2022

Amidst the crisis, the World Health Organization is worried about likely shortage of syringes by 2022, if their production does not step up to Covid-19 vaccine doses’.

Covid: because of the Delta variant, vaccines reduced transmission dropped to 40%, WHO claimed

This Wednesday November 24, World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus claimed that because of the Delta variant, vaccines reduced transmission dropped to 40%.

Covid: an extra 700,000 deaths by spring in Europe, according to WHO

As the Covid epidemic is surging again in some EU countries, the World Health Organization fears 700,000 more people might die on the Continent by spring.

Covid: Indian Bharat Biotech’s vaccine Covaxin approved by the WHO

This Wednesday November 3, the WHO has announced they have emergency approved a brand-new Covid vaccine, Covaxin, developed by Indian biotech Bharat Biotech. According to the World Health Organization, the vaccine is 78% effective against the virus, requiring two injections four weeks apart.

Coronavirus: the world totals 5 million deaths as of November 1, 2021

Covid has killed 5 million people, two years after it first broke out in China. According to the WHO, it could be two to three times higher than officially reported.

Covid: the pandemic is "far from finished", the WHO's Emergency Committee claims

As the Covid-19 pandemic is slowing down in many countries thanks to vaccination, this Tuesday October 26, the WHO's Emergency Committee claims the pandemic is "far from finished".

Covid: Delta variant now globally dominant, WHO says

According to the World Health Organization, the Alpha, Beta and Gamma variants are now found in less than 1% of sequenced cases, widely outcompeted by the Delta variant.

Covid: the virus likely to mutate like the flu and here to stay, WHO says

Will the Covid-19 pandemic ever end? On that matter, opinions are different. According to WHO, the virus is “here to stay with us”, and evolve like any other pandemic flues.

Covid: New “Mu” variant, what we know about the strain monitored by WHO

The outbreak of new variants makes us fear the worst every time. Last night, the World Health Organization warned about a new strain, called “Mu”, and found this past January in Colombia. According to the health organization, this Covid-19 variant presents mutations likely to indicate “potential properties of immune escape”.