She recommended not to use hydroxychloroquine to prevent "the virus"
Global Health: It is unlikely that the Corona pandemic will end in 2021
Ryan (left) speaks with WHO Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Geneva.
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The World Health Organization said it believes that the Corona pandemic is unlikely to end in the coming months.
Yesterday, a WHO expert committee recommended not to use the drug hydroxychloroquine to prevent corona virus, and said that it had no significant effect on those already infected.
In detail, the head of the organization's emergency program, Michael Ryan, said in a press conference yesterday: "I think it is too early, and unrealistic to think that we will eliminate the virus by the end of the year."
Ryan added: "What we can do, if we are smart, is to reduce hospitalizations, deaths, and the tragedy associated with this pandemic."
The organization's focus is, at present, on keeping infections as low as possible and vaccinating many citizens.
Ryan indicated that the situation regarding the delivery of vaccine doses has improved, compared to 10 weeks ago, despite the presence of "great challenges" in distributing them, indicating that the virus still has the upper hand.
He said: "If vaccines begin to affect not only deaths and not only cases that need hospital care, but on active infections and the severity of transmission, then I think we will move towards controlling the pandemic."
On the other hand, a panel of experts at the World Health Organization recommended, yesterday, not to use the drug hydroxychloroquine to prevent corona virus, and said that it had no significant effect on those already infected.
The team of experts from the Health Organization's Guidelines Development Group said in the British Medical Journal that the anti-inflammatory hydroxychloroquine should not be used in the fight against the pandemic, and that it is "not worth" to search for further studies regarding potential treatments for "Covid-19".
The experts said that this "strong recommendation" is based on evidence of a high degree of certainty, which they reached through six randomized trials that included more than 6000 participants who are known to be exposed to "Covid-19", and those who are not known to be exposed to it.
And US President Donald Trump promoted that drug as an effective treatment for "Covid-19".
He said in March that he was taking it, even after the US Food and Drug Administration had said it was safe and effective.
But WHO experts said, "The committee considers that this drug is no longer a priority for research, and that resources should instead be directed to evaluating other promising drugs for the prevention of Covid-19."
The organization is issuing guidance, which can be updated as new evidence emerges, to advise doctors and health care providers on how to deal with this respiratory illness and help them make better decisions about patients.
On the vaccination front, data from Johns Hopkins University, the US, and Bloomberg News, yesterday, showed that a total of 3.83 million people have been vaccinated with the Corona virus vaccine in Spain.
It is estimated that the rate of vaccination in the country is 128,821 doses of vaccine per day.
At this rate, it would take 1.5 years to vaccinate 75% of the population with two doses of the vaccine.
And in Germany, data showed that 6.17 million doses of anti-corona virus vaccines have been given so far.
According to the announced data, the average rate of vaccination in Germany is estimated at 168,324 doses per day.
At this rate, it would take 1.9 years to vaccinate 75% of the population with the two-dose vaccine.
Data from Johns Hopkins University and Bloomberg News showed that so far, 4.56 million doses of vaccines against the emerging corona virus have been given in France.
The announced data indicate that the rate of vaccination in the country is 119,193 doses per day.
At this rate, it would take 2.3 years to vaccinate 75% of the population with the two-dose vaccine.
In Britain, data showed that 21.1 million doses of a vaccine against the Corona virus have been given so far.
The announced data indicate that the rate of vaccination in the country is 391,872 doses per day.
At this rate, it is expected that it will take the UK six months to vaccinate 75% of its population with the two-dose vaccine.
And in Russia, the health authorities announced yesterday that 441 deaths and 10,565 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the country, during the past twenty-four hours.
According to Russian media, this is the lowest daily number of injuries since the fourth of October.
The website "RT Al-Arabiya" quoted the Special Operations Center for combating the spread of the Coronavirus, that the total deaths rose to 86,896 cases.
The Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Tatyana Golikova, stated that the country could reach herd immunity against the Corona virus in August, if the vaccination rates continued at the same pace as they are now.
Golikova told the Russian agency, TASS, that this could happen before this time, if the pace of vaccination is accelerated.
Austria intends to produce a vaccine against the "Corona" mutations ... in cooperation with Israel and Denmark
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced yesterday that Austria no longer wants to fully rely on the European Union to obtain coronavirus vaccines, and will work to develop a vaccine against future strains with Denmark and Israel.
Before his visit to Israel, Curtis said that the European Medicines Agency has been slow to approve coronavirus vaccines, and that there are problems with vaccine supplies and delivery.
"I am happy that (European Commission President) Ursula von der Leyen took the initiative very early, to provide vaccines in the European Union, but we must really prepare for dangerous future (Covid-19) mutations," Curtis wrote in a tweet.
Therefore, Austria will cooperate with Denmark and Israel, in the coming years, to research and produce vaccines against possible future mutations of the virus.
According to Curtis, experts estimate that six million Austrians will be vaccinated annually.
"(The pandemic) will remain with us for a long time, with different mutations," Curtis said.
The head of the Association of Vaccine Manufacturers in Austria, Rene Gallo Daniel, told the "ORF" network that producing a local vaccine is important.
He added, "Although building or renewing a production unit for this purpose may take months or years, it makes sense to think largely about the future, especially about future epidemics."
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