WHO brings together experts to create treaty to fight pandemics
The World Health Organization (WHO) meets this Monday (29) to discuss the Global Treaty to Combat Pandemics.
For three days, representatives from nearly two hundred countries will analyze the proposals of the working group created to think about how the world should prepare for other pandemics.
The objective is that populations are not caught unprepared again.
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According to the WHO, the Ômicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, initially detected in South Africa, is spreading globally, presenting a "very high" risk, where covid-19 outbreaks can have "serious consequences" in some regions.
The UN agency called on the 194 member states to speed up vaccination of at-risk groups and “ensure that mitigation programs” are in place” in order to maintain essential health services.
"Ômicron" has an unprecedented number of peak mutations, some of which are of concern for their potential impact on the trajectory of the pandemic," warned the WHO.
For the World Health Organization, "the overall global risk related to the new worry variant is assessed as very high".
Further investigation is needed to better understand the danger of Ômicron escaping from the protection of immunity induced by the process of vaccination and previous infections. WHO expects to have more data in the coming weeks.
"Covid-19 infections are to be expected in vaccinated people, albeit in a small and predictable proportion," the agency adds.
Text translated using artificial intelligence.
