Global health experts said on Monday that the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over and that Omicron will not be the final version, warning that much will depend on the transmittance and severity of the next mutants of the deadly virus. Speaking at a session on COVID-19 on the first day of the World Economic Forum’s online Davos Agenda summit, renowned American immunologist Anthony S Fauci also said, although it was difficult to predict what the new normal might be, They don’t think people will walk around with their masks on forever.
“Omicron is highly transmissible, but apparently not very pathogenic. While I expect this to remain the case, it will depend on what new forms emerge next.” He also said that there is a great deal of ‘disinformation’ around and this is utterly disastrous for the wider public health effort.
He added that endemicity means ‘a non-disruptive presence, without elimination’, but it cannot yet be said whether an endemic phase is underway. “It is very difficult to predict what the new normal will be like. I don’t think people will be walking around with masks on forever, but a new normal I would expect is more solidarity with each other. I also hope that the new normal will include a strong memory of what a pandemic can do for us,” he said.
Fauci is the Chief Medical Adviser to the President of the United States and one of the most prominent faces in the world’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. He is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and serves as one of the leading advisers to the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services on global AIDS issues, and initiatives to enhance medical and public health preparedness. work on. ,
He was joined by Moderna CEO Stephen Bunsell, Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) CEO Richard Hatchett, and Annelies Wilder-Smith, Professor of Emerging Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Wilder-Smith said O’Micron won’t be the final version.
“We are not out of the pandemic yet,” she warned. The worldwide spread of the deadly virus, which was first reported in China’s Wuhan in late 2019, has seen over 320 million confirmed cases globally and over 5.5 million deaths so far. ,
The emergence of its fast-spreading Omicron variant, which has resulted in the resumption of national lockdowns, travel restrictions and quarantines in various parts of the world, has reinforced the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a ‘Public Health Emergency of International Concern’ on January 30, 2020, and a pandemic on March 11, 2020.
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