WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus held a seminar with about 400 scientists and experts in Geneva on February 11 to discuss ways to cope with the new coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, which has a new name. is Covid-19.
At the workshop, Mr. Tedros emphasized: "If the world does not wake up and considers the new strain of corona virus as the number one enemy of the people, I think we will not learn the lesson".
He also warned: “This virus can have more serious consequences than any terrorist attack. This is not only a medical issue but also an economic, political and social issue. We call on nations to act as drastically as possible, we are using the strategy of containment (epidemics), "said Tedros.
The head of the WHO said it would take about 18 months for the first batch of vaccines to prevent the corona virus, so until then "we will have to use every weapon we can."
At the conference, WHO officials also announced a new name for the corona virus, Covid-19 (Co stands for corona, Vi stands for virus, D stands for Disease means disease).
The above warnings came as the number of deaths and acute pneumonia caused by the new strain of coronavirus in China continued to increase. By the end of February 11, a total of 1,115 people died, more than 45,000 were infected with the new corona virus in mainland China. At the Hubei epidemic center, on 11/2 alone, there were 94 deaths, more than 1,600 new cases, the lowest number of new cases since January 31. Chinese epidemiologist Zhong Nanshan thinks the epidemic could peak this month before ending in April.
