GENEVA, May 14 — The coronavirus that causes Covid-19 could become endemic like HIV, the World Health Organisation said yesterday, warning against any attempt to predict how long it would keep circulating and calling for a “massive effort” to counter it. “It is important to put this on the...
Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organisation , at a news conference in Geneva, Switzerland May 3, 2019. — Reuters pic
“I think it is important we are realistic and I don't think anyone can predict when this disease will disappear,” he added. “I think there are no promises in this and there are no dates. This disease may settle into a long problem, or it may not be.” Ryan said “very significant control” of the virus was required in order to lower the assessment of risk, which he said remained high at the “national, regional and global levels.”
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