{"id":19097,"date":"2024-12-30T18:03:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19097"},"modified":"2024-12-30T19:23:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T19:23:49","slug":"share-covid-data-world-health-organization-tells-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=19097","title":{"rendered":"Share Covid data, World Health Organization tells China"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The World Health Organization has urged China to share data on the origins of the Covid pandemic, five years on from its start in the city of Wuhan. <\/p>\n

“This is a moral and scientific imperative,” the WHO said in a statement to mark what it called the “milestone” anniversary.<\/p>\n

“Without transparency, sharing, and co-operation among countries, the world cannot adequately prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics,” it added.<\/p>\n

Many scientists think the virus transferred naturally from animals to humans, but some suspicions persist that it escaped from a laboratory in Wuhan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In its statement, the WHO went back to the early days of Covid and traced its evolution from a local phenomenon to a global scourge, leading to lockdowns around the world and the ultimately successful race to develop vaccines.<\/p>\n

“Five years ago on 31 December 2019, WHO’s Country Office in China picked up a media statement by the Wuhan Municipal Health Commission from their website on cases of ‘viral pneumonia’ in Wuhan, China,” the organisation said.<\/p>\n

“In the weeks, months and years that unfolded after that, Covid-19 came to shape our lives and our world,” it went on.<\/p>\n

The WHO said it “went to work immediately” as 2020 dawned. It recalled how its employees activated emergency systems on 1 January and informed the world three days later.<\/p>\n

“By 9-12 January, WHO had published its first set of comprehensive guidance for countries, and on 13 January, we brought together partners to publish the blueprint of the first Sars-CoV-2 laboratory test,” it added.<\/p>\n

The WHO said it wanted to “honour the lives changed and lost, recognise those who are suffering from Covid-19 and long Covid, express gratitude to the health workers who sacrificed so much to care for us, and commit to learning from Covid-19 to build a healthier tomorrow”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In May 2023, the WHO declared that Covid-19 no longer represented a “global health emergency”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Its director general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at the time that at least seven million people had died in the pandemic.<\/p>\n

But he added that the true figure was “likely” closer to 20 million deaths – nearly three times the official estimate.<\/p>\n

Since then, the WHO has repeatedly warned against complacency about the possible emergence of future Covid-like illnesses.<\/p>\n

Dr Ghebreyesus has said the next pandemic “can come at any moment” and has urged the world to be prepared.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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