WHO Emergencies Chief Warns Second Year Of The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic Could Be Worse

 

Reuters: Second year of pandemic 'could even be tougher': WHO's Ryan 

GENEVA (Reuters) - The second year of the COVID-19 pandemic may be tougher than the first given how the new coronavirus is spreading, especially in the northern hemisphere as more infectious variants circulate, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. 

“We are going into a second year of this, it could even be tougher given the transmission dynamics and some of the issues that we are seeing,” Mike Ryan, the WHO’s top emergencies official, said during an event on social media. 

The worldwide death toll is approaching 2 million people since the pandemic began, with 91.5 million people infected. 

The WHO, in its latest epidemiological update issued overnight, said after two weeks of fewer cases being reported, some five million new cases were reported last week, the likely result of a letdown of defences during the holiday season in which people - and the virus - came together. 

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Update #1: WHO Emergencies Chief: Second Year of Coronavirus Pandemic Could Be Worse -- VOA Update #2: ‘Perfect storm’: WHO warns second year of fighting Covid-19 could be ‘even tougher’ than the first (RT) 

WNU Editor: WHO Emergency Chief  Mike Ryan is ringing the alarm bells. The mutations that the medical experts are seeing in the Covid-19 coronavirus coupled with these new strains popping up clearly concerns him. The possibility that the current vaccines may not be as effective as advertised is probably the nightmare scenario. 

I am not an epidemiologist. But if the last year has taught me anything, it is that this pandemic is now deeply imbedded in all four corners of the world. And if what I am reading is true .... Moderna CEO Says The World Will Be Living With Covid-19 ‘Forever’ .... there is a very real possibility that in the next year we may see a death toll that would would dwarf what we have seen in the past year.