WHO emergencies director Dr Mike Ryan said that efforts to determine the point when the coronavirus might disappear might be a futile attempt while addressing briefly on Wednesday, adding that even in the event of a vaccine being found, it would take a ‘massive effort’ to control the virus. Further, he stated that, much like HIV, the world has to come in terms with the virus, as there is no proof as to when the pandemic will end.
It is to be noted that although close to 100 different vaccines are being developed for COVID-19 all over the world, the possibility of elimination of the virus is undeterminable, stating the example of diseases like measles, which still haven’t been completely eradicated despite the existence of a vaccine.
While talking about this, WHO’s Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed it was still possible to control the virus, with effort.
As more than 4.3 million people have been recorded to be positive all over the world, with the death toll around 300,000, the UN has urged countries to take mental health preservation into consideration as well.