Coronavirus Update: WHO warns against treating pandemic as if it’s winding down
The World Health Organization said Tuesday the coronavirus pandemic remains a public health emergency, and warned that a reduction in surveillance, including testing and sequencing, is making it difficult to assess the impact of new variants.
“The virus is running freely and countries are not effectively managing the disease burden based on their capacity, in terms of both hospitalization for acute cases and the expanding number of people with post-COVID-19 condition — often referred to as long COVID,” WHO Director General...
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