David Nabarro, World Health Organisation (WHO) special
envoy, says COVID-19 will remain in the world for quite some time.
The novel coronavirus which broke out in Wuhan, Hubei
province of China in December, has infected over 1.6 million people and claimed
over 110,000 lives worldwide.
Nabarro told NBC News that WHO thinks “it’s going to be a
virus that stalks the human race for a quite a long time to come”.
According to him, early detection and isolation of positive
cases remain the best way to curb the spread of the disease.
He added that every human being is affected by the disease,
soliciting cooperation between nations.
“We are not so sure it will come in waves in the way that
influenza does. We think it’s going to be a virus that stalks the human race
for a quite a long time to come until we can all have a vaccine that will
protect us,” Nabarro said.
“The key for this particular virus is that every community
has a kind of defensive shield, can pick up cases as soon as they appear,
isolate them, and stop outbreaks from developing. It’s going to be necessary
for every single country to have that capacity.
“We believe what we’ve got, we work with what we’ve got.
That’s how we operate in the World Health Organisation.
“We’re right in the middle of this massive, epic struggle.
Every single human being in the world is affected by it — businesses are really
in trouble, communities are in distress. I really do hope that all nations will
not find any reason to make threats or other such things that will undermine
our capacity to bring together all the best knowledge that we can find.”
Sarah Gilbert, an Oxford University professor, had said a
vaccine against coronavirus could be ready by September “if everything goes
perfectly.”
When baba Adeboye said the pandemic is not going to be over soon until the world goes on compulsory leave, many commenters were cussing him. Now a WHO official just said it in another way and nobody is cussing him. John 8:44. Nigerians are hypocrites.
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