The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned that the development of a vaccine has led to that people around the world have begun to believe in a quick end to the coronavirus pandemic. The organization has dispelled illusions on this score. The head of the organization, Tedros Adanom Gebreyesus, admitted that progress in vaccines is undoubtedly encouraging, but it is still not worth relaxing, his words are reported by TASS .
“WHO is concerned about the growing feeling that the COVID-19 pandemic is over,” he stated and pointed out that now in many regions of the world there are foci of a very high spread of the virus, and this puts enormous pressure on doctors and structures of the health system in general .
Earlier in December, WHO recommended wearing masks outdoors. Representative of the organization Margaret Harris said that the universal mask regime should be introduced in all places where there is no good ventilation and it is impossible to maintain a distance of at least one meter.
Over 65 million people have been infected with COVID-19 worldwide, and more than 1.5 million have died from complications caused by the virus.