The number of weekly global Covid-19 deaths reached the lowest point since March 2020 last week, World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Wednesday.
The conference came after the world reported 11,118 deaths due to the coronavirus the week ending September 5, the lowest number since mid-March 2020, as Covid infections have continued to fall in recent weeks, according to theThe world has “never been in a better position to end the pandemic,” the WHO director-general added, urging governments to “take this opportunity now” or run the risk of “more variants, more deaths, more disruption and more uncertainty.
The WHO is releasing guidance on policies with key actions that governments must take to “finish the race” with a summary of the best evidence from the past 32 months of the pandemic, Tedros said, calling on countries to reach 100% vaccination levels for the most at-risk populations of health care workers and the elderly.“A marathon runner does not stop when the finish line comes into view. She runs harder with all the energy she has left. So must we …We are in a winning position.