The question of the day | Why does the WHO still maintain COVID-19 as a pandemic?

This week, the emergency committee of the World Health Organization met on the COVID-19 and, unanimously, they decided that it was not “the time to lower our guard” and that is why he announced his decision to keep the spread of the virus. COVID-19 such as an international health emergency or pandemic.

The organism considers that the pandemic is still a health emergency that generates international concern, despite the fact that more and more countries lift all or part of the health restrictions established to control the virus. The specialists of the international organization understand that the situation is far from overbecause the circulation of the virus is still very active and mortality is still high.

The large gaps in access to vaccines that remain in many parts of the world have a direct effect on why this global emergency continues to be called a pandemic, since for the WHO vaccination is “the best way to protect ourselves from future outbreaks”

The WHO He explained that in order to stop classifying this international health emergency as a pandemic, several criteria are needed, some epidemiological and others related to the impact of the coronavirus in places where transmission remains high.