COVID-19– WHO records nothing less than 170, 000 deaths since December 2022

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), COVID-19 has claimed the lives of at least 170,000 people in the past eight weeks.

He claims that these are merely recorded deaths because the actual toll is considerably higher.

The WHO Director-General, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, revealed this during a media briefing on Wednesday.

“Almost exactly three years on from declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, our highest level of alert.

“This week, the Emergency Committee on COVID-19 will meet to discuss whether the current situation still constitutes a global emergency.

“While I will not preempt the advice of the Emergency Committee, I remain very concerned by the situation in many countries and the rising number of deaths,” Ghebreyesus said.

While the organization was undoubtedly in better form than it was when the epidemic initially broke out three years ago, he claimed that the global response was once more strained.

He claims that while too many people are overdue on their booster shots, too few people, particularly senior people and medical professionals, are adequately immunized.

Antivirals are still too expensive for a large number of people, according to Ghebreyesus, and a large number of individuals don't get the proper therapy.

According to the head of the WHO, vulnerable health systems are finding it difficult to manage the burden of COVID-19 on top of caring for patients who also have the flu and RSV.

He claimed that genetic sequencing and surveillance had drastically decreased, making it more challenging to monitor already known variants and find new ones.

“And there is a torrent of pseudo-science and misinformation circulating, which is undermining trust in safe and effective tools for COVID-19.

“My message is clear – do not underestimate this virus.

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