World Health Organisation (WHO) declared a global public health emergency over the outbreak of coronavirus, but we have a chance to end the pandemic in 2022, said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the UN body, on Sunday. “On this day two years ago, I declared the Covid-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern to alert the world to this threat.
WHO had been sharing advice with countries to help them respond since early January 2020 and we have not stopped since," said Tedros in a Twitter post. “This year, we could end the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic if we vaccinate 70% of the population of every country, with a focus on the most at-risk groups, and use all strategies and tools in a comprehensive and equitable way," he added. #OnThisDay 2 years ago I declared the #COVID19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern to alert the