, Tedros Ghebreyesus, has advised world leaders to shun what he described as the “politics of populism and self-interest” if the world would see the end of the coronavirus pandemic in 2022.“This is the moment for leaders to banish the politics of populism and self-interest, which are derailing the COVID-19 response and threatening to undermine the response to the inevitable next disease,” he said.
“From the new WHO Bio Hub System which offers a reliable, safe and transparent mechanism for WHO 194-member-states to voluntarily share novel biological materials to the new WHO hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence based in Berlin, WHO will build mechanisms to enhance partnerships. “If we drive this campaign together, we will all be in a much better place by this time next year,” he said.
“The pressure on health systems is not only because of new COVID-19 patients requiring hospitalisation but also because a large number of health workers are getting sick themselves,” the director-general said.