WHO: There may be a more dangerous and difficult to control variant of the new crown virus

WHO: There may be a more dangerous and difficult to control variant of the new coronavirus

WHO: There may be a more dangerous and difficult-to-control variant of the new coronavirus.

BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhua) reported, the WHO emergency committee will be the 15th issued a statement saying, "The new crown pandemic have not seen the end
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" At the same time, the emergence of new and potentially more dangerous, more difficult The controlled variant of the new coronavirus is likely to spread globally

Committee member

[A more dangerous variant virus may appear? 】

[A more dangerous variant virus may appear? 】

WHO's emergency committee will be convened on the 14th and on the 15th issued a related statement
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Members will be chairman Husin (Didier Houssin) said, "The recent trend is worrying

Members of the committee chairman

The committee will say, priority in obtaining sufficient new crown vaccines and health system resources of the country, faced with the full reopening of the society, to relax the relevant restrictions pressure, and the new crown the national shortage of vaccine is undergoing a new wave of infections, public confidence has been eroded , The resistance to restrictive measures has intensified, economic difficulties have worsened, and some countries have even experienced problems such as increased social unrest
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Committee member

Committee will point out that despite the national, regional and global are struggling, but the new crown pandemic is far from over
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Currently the four variants of the virus should be concerned about the global leader in epidemiology, members will say, "the emergence of new, possibly more dangerous, more difficult to control the new variant of the virus and the possibility of global crown spread is large, to curb these new Variant of virus will be more challenging

Committee members

WHO experts once again emphasized that “wearing masks, maintaining social distancing, maintaining hand hygiene, and improving indoor ventilation are still the keys to reducing the spread of the virus”
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[Nearly 23 million children missed the basic vaccination due to the epidemic]

[Nearly 23 million children missed the basic vaccination due to the epidemic]

On the other hand, the impact of the new crown epidemic continues to spread
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In their latest annual report released on the 15th, WHO and UNICEF warned that the new crown pandemic has disrupted human life styles, services in most areas of the world have been disrupted, and routine immunization programs for children have been greatly affected

In 2020, nearly 23 million children missed the basic vaccination, which is the highest number in more than 10 years
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The risk of outbreaks of preventable diseases such as measles and polio has increased .

The triple vaccine of pertussis, diphtheria, and tetanus (Diphtheria) has always been a key indicator of childhood vaccination rate, but its vaccination rate has dropped from 86% in 2019 to 83% in 2020; this means that 22.
7 million children missed the vaccination , The number of people increased by 3.
7 million over 2019, the most since 2009
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In addition, about 22.

O'Brien, WHO's Director of Immunization, said at a press conference held on the 15th: "The new crown pandemic has caused a retrogression in childhood vaccination for more than 10 years
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Lemango, head of immunization at UNICEF, said that "zero-dose" children, that is, those who missed any vaccinations, have seen an "astounding increase" from 13.
6 million to 17.
1 million last year
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She said that the WHO has urged countries not to abolish public health and social distancing measures against the new crown prematurely
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"But if this happens-it is actually happening-we will see more and more pathogens that can be prevented by vaccination spreading

Focus on the new crown pneumonia epidemic