Covid guard yet! WHO's Maria Van Kerkhove said," We believe we can end the Covid emergency by end of this year. This can be done by increasing the vaccination coverage and increasing access to life-saving tools and at the same time taking measures to reduce the spread.
We cannot forget the possibility of more variants and all the future scenarios of how the pandemic may unfold." Earlier this week, WHO also pointed out that with the virus still circulating, the risk of more deadly variants emerging still remains.
WHO warned that with winter approaching for Southern Hemisphere countries, “there is a high risk of another wave of new COVID infections." The coronavirus spreads more easily in cooler temperatures when people are more likely to gather in larger numbers indoors.
It has been suggested that the reason why the deadly Covid-19 virus is still thriving is because the human body is a suitable host for it.