She called for attention to those who suffer from Corona symptoms for a long time
"Global Health" warns against neglecting "long-term Covid"
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: "The impact of (long-term Covid) is becoming evident, and the level of research is still insufficient."
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The World Health Organization called for more research on "long-term Covid" disease, and called for attention to those suffering from symptoms of the emerging corona virus for a long time, during a conference that included experts who exchanged experiences about this condition, which is still not sufficiently understood.
The organization held this first conference in a series prepared with the aim of expanding the understanding of post-infection symptoms of "Covid-19". Not only scientists and doctors participated, but also people who had suffered from this condition.
Information is still scarce about why some people continue to suffer, after passing the acute phase of "Covid-19", with many symptoms, including fatigue, brain fog, and cardiac and neurological problems.
Studies indicate that 1 in 10 may suffer long-term symptoms a month after infection, which means that millions are at risk of suffering from an ongoing disease.
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that with the shift in attention to vaccination campaigns, "long-term Covid" should not be neglected.
He added that the impact of "long-term Covid" on society and the economy is becoming evident, and despite the strengthening of the level of research, it is still insufficient.
And the British doctor with the International Federation of Acute Respiratory Infection, Gail Carson, warned that "(long-term Covid) could become a pandemic above a pandemic."
She presented the suffering of patients suffering from "long-term Covid" and who are subject to monitoring, in the context of presenting the results of the findings of the "Post-Covid Support Forum."
She pointed out that even for those who did not have to enter hospital to be treated for the virus, this situation changed their lives, adding: “People are losing their jobs and relationships.
There is an urgent need to try to understand this matter ».
Carson noted that even "long-term Covid" in children was less noticeable than it is in adults.
She described the allocation of 45 projects only to "long-term Covid" out of more than 5,000 financed "Covid-19" as "shocking."
Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO technical officer on "Covid-19", said that the organization continues to learn about this aspect of the pandemic, and added: "We know that we have to do a lot of work there," pointing to the need "to persevere in order to Get answers ».
In addition, a member of the World Health Organization mission to China that investigated the origin of the Corona virus, yesterday, questioned the validity of US information about the epidemic.
The expert and member of the mission, Peter Dazak, wrote in a tweet on the social networking site "Twitter": "Do not trust too much US information," referring to statements made by a State Department spokesman, in which he avoided adopting the first conclusions of WHO experts after their tour in Wuhan.
After a four-week mission in Wuhan, which was initially the epicenter of the "Covid-19" epidemic, WHO experts confirmed, the day before yesterday, that they were unable to achieve concrete conclusions about the origin of the virus.
The organization considered that it was "extremely unlikely" that the virus had leaked from a laboratory in the city in central China, a hypothesis that the United States once supported.
The previous administration headed by Donald Trump accused the Institute of Virology in Wuhan of allowing the virus to leak, accidentally or intentionally.
Although President Joe Biden's administration distanced itself from the hypothesis that the virus had leaked from the laboratory, but at the same time it did not adopt the conclusions of the World Health Organization team, and US State Department spokesman Ned Price said: “Instead of jumping to conclusions driven by anything but science, we want to see to it. Where does data lead us, science, and we will base our conclusions on that?
In response to a question to comment on Washington's position, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Win Bin said in front of the press that his country will continue cooperation with the World Health Organization in an "open and transparent" manner, calling on Washington to do the same, and he expressed his hope that WHO experts will be able to go Turn to the United States to shed light on the source of the epidemic.
• An expert in the organization’s mission questions the validity of US information about the epidemic.
• A British doctor warns: A "long-term Covid" could become a pandemic above a pandemic.
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