The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, raised a deadline to consider the coronavirus controlled. In his statements, he affirmed that covid-19 should last less than the Spanish flu of 1918, which in a period of two years caused the death of tens of millions of people.
“We hope to end this pandemic in less than two years. Especially if we can unite our efforts (…) and take full advantage of the available tools and hope that we can have additional tools like vaccines, I think we can put an end to it in a shorter period of time. than the 1918 flu, “he told a news conference.
Of course, the director general of the WHO said that “no country can solve this problem by itself until we have the vaccine, which would be a vital tool and we hope to have it as soon as possible, but there is no guarantee that we will have it. And even if we have it, it’s not going to end the pandemic on its own. “
Therefore, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made the following call: “learn to control and manage this virus using current tools and make adjustments in daily life that are necessary to stay safe.”
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