We need to know the origin of the Covid to avoid future outbreaks: WHO Director-General

Now is not the time for complacency, World Health Organization (WHO) Director General (DG) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday. “No one is safe until everyone is safe,” Dr Ghebreyesus said in a tweet, referring to WHO’s COVAX initiative to ensure equitable distribution of a vaccine against the coronavirus to the poorest countries.

In a media briefing on Monday, the WHO chief said: “Last week saw the first drop in newly reported Covid-19 cases worldwide since September, due to a decrease in cases in Europe thanks to the effectiveness of the difficult but necessary measures put in place in recent weeks. “

“Now is not the time for complacency, especially as the holiday season approaches in many cultures and countries. We all want to be together with the people we love during times of celebration. with family and friends is not worth the trouble to put them or endanger yourself. ”, added Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

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“We all need to consider whose lives we might play with the decisions we make,” said Dr Ghebreyesus.
He added: “I would like to assure you that the WHO position is very clear. We need to know the origin of this virus because it can help us prevent future outbreaks.”

“We do everything to make sure we know the origin. Some have politicized it. Our position is very clear that we will start the study in Wuhan, find out what happened there and on the basis of the results, explore if there are other ways, ”said the Director General of WHO, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.