WHO Technical Lead Urges People To "Not Give Up", Fight Virus Together
The WHO is making regular appeals through its social media accounts urging people to follow COVID-appropriate behaviour.
As the highly infectious Omicron variant of the coronavirus is sweeping the world, the World Health Organization has urged people to “not give up”. Its COVID-19 technical lead Dr Maria Van Kerkhove has asked people to be kind to one another and fight the virus together. Do your best to not get infected and get vaccinated once your turn comes, she said.
WHO is making regular appeals through its social media accounts to urge people to follow COVID-19 guidelines, including wearing a mask and maintaining social distance. It has also repeatedly called for vaccine equity around the world to end this pandemic.
Dr Kerkhove, also an infectious disease epidemiologist, said, “I think the big message that we have for everyone around the world is don't give up.” She said, in a video appeal shared by the health body on Instagram, that the world has the possibility right now to reduce transmission significantly, but that is being complicated by Omicron “because it is so efficiently transmitting”.