Tackle virus, not vulnerable, WHO Director-General says (Feature)
Geneva:
As countries continue to register new cases of the coronavirus every day, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged leaders to keep the peace and focus on the fight against the virus and “not the vulnerable”.
“It’s a pandemic: hunt down the virus, not the most vulnerable,” Ghebreyesus said on Twitter.
In another tweet, he said: “Shanti” (peace). Interestingly, the WHO Director-General tweeted in Hindi.
Earlier, in a video message, the Director-General urged countries to opt for “ case finding, isolation, testing, compassionate care, contact tracing, quarantine, physical distancing, hygiene of hands, masks, respiratory etiquette, ventilation, crowd avoidance and more “instead of herd immunity.
Informing about herd immunity, he said: “There has recently been some discussion of the concept of so-called ‘herd immunity’ by letting the virus spread. Herd immunity is a concept used for the virus. vaccination, in which a population can be protected from a certain virus if a vaccination threshold is reached. For example, herd immunity to measles requires that about 95% of the population be vaccinated. The remaining 5% will be vaccinated. protected by the fact that measles does not spread among those who are vaccinated. In other words, herd immunity is achieved by protecting people against a virus, not by exposing them to it. “
He added: “Allowing a dangerous virus that we don’t fully understand to run freely is just unethical. It’s not an option. But we have many options. WHO recommends testing for cases, isolation, testing, compassionate care, contact tracing, quarantine, physical removal, hand hygiene, masks, respiratory etiquette, ventilation, crowd avoidance and more. This is what countries demonstrate every day. “
According to the latest update from Johns Hopkins University, 38,441,934 people worldwide have so far tested positive for the coronavirus and 1,091,439 people have died.
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