At the same time, he warned of the possibility of the emergence of a worrying new variant.
“The WHO estimates that at least 90% of the world’s population now has some level of immunity to SARS-CoV-2.due to previous infection or vaccination. said the organization’s director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
“We are much closer to being able to say that the emergency phase of the pandemic is over, but we are not there yet,” he said, adding that, however, “gaps in surveillance, testing, sequencing and vaccination continue creating the perfect conditions for it to emerge a new variant of concern that could cause significant mortality“.
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