Covid, “second year of pandemic more deadly than the first”

The Covid-19 pandemic “has already caused over 3.3 million deaths and this second year of emergency is set to have more deaths than the first. We must save people’s lives and livelihoods with a combination of health measures public and vaccination campaign. There is no other way out “. This was stated by the director of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, during the WHO press conference in Geneva. Read also Speaking of the emergency in South Asia and other very affected countries, “it is not only India that is experiencing the Covid emergency – he stressed -. Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Egypt are only some of the countries that are facing spikes in cases and hospitalizations “he said, adding an appeal:” I understand why some countries want to vaccinate children and adolescents, but at this moment I urge them to reconsider the choice and instead donate the vaccines to the program Covax “.