"World Health": "Corona" is the worst pandemic in 100 years

Ryan stressed that the current pandemic is a "wake-up call."

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The Director of the World Health Organization's emergency program, Michael Ryan, said that the emerging corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic is the worst pandemic the world has seen in 100 years, describing it as a "wake-up call."

In a press conference in Hanif, Ryan warned of the danger of the pandemic, saying: “This pandemic is very acute.

"It has spread rapidly in various parts of the world, and has reached all corners of the planet, but it is not necessarily the worst."

He explained that the virus spreads very easily and kills humans, but he stressed at the same time that the death rate from the virus is relatively low, compared to other new diseases, and stressed the need to "prepare in the future for what might be worse."

The advisor at the World Health Organization agreed, Bruce Aylward, who considered that despite the achievements that have been made in combating "Covid-19", including the production of effective vaccines in record time, the world is still far from being prepared to combat future pandemics.

"We are in the second and third wave of this virus, and we are still not ready and unable to manage it," Aylward said at the press conference.

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