2024-07-17 03:06:00
He Covid-19 continues to cause some 1,700 deaths a week worldwide, the agency said yesterday. World Health Organization (WHO), which demanded that the at-risk population continue to be vaccinated against the disease.
The general director of the OMS, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesushe warned during a press conference in the Swiss city of Ginebra against the decline in immunization coverage.
Despite these deaths, “the data show that the roof vaccination rate decreased among health workers and people over 60 years of age, two of the highest risk groups,” he lamented.
“The OMS recommends that people who belong to the highest risk groups receive the vaccine against the Covid-19 within 12 months of their last dose,” the head of the organization added.
The OMS There are more than seven million known deaths from the disease, although the real number of victims of the pandemic appears to be much higher.
The coronavirus causing the Covid-19 It was first detected in Wuhan, China, in late 2019.
The agency also warned of the threat posed by mpox (formerly known as ‘monkeypox’), expressing concern about the outbreak of a new strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The disease is characterized by skin rashes that may appear on the genitals or in the mouth.
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