Five decades after the outbreak began in the area of Wuhan, the World Health Organization has urged China to release information on the sources of the Covid pandemic.
” This is a spiritual and scientific imperative”, the WHO said in a speech to indicate what it called the “milestone” celebration.
” Without accountability, sharing, and co-operation among states, the world cannot effectively prevent and prepare for future epidemics and pandemics”, it added.
Although many scientists believe the virus originated effortlessly in humans, there are still some lingering rumors that it escaped from a Wuhan laboratory.
In its statement, the WHO traced Covid’s development from a local happening to a worldwide plague, leading to evacuations everywhere and the ultimately successful race to develop vaccines. It also went back to the early times of Covid.
The Wuhan Municipal Health Commission published a media statement on instances of “viral asthma” in Wuhan, China five years ago on December 31, 2019, according to the WHO’s Country Office in China.
” In the days, months and years that emerged after that, Covid-19 came to shape our lives and our world”, it went on.
The WHO said it “went to operate quickly” as 2020 happened. It made a note of how its people first set up emergency systems on January 1 and then made a world-recall three days later.
” By 9-12 January, WHO had published its first set of detailed instruction for countries, and on 13 January, we brought up partners to submit the framework of the first Sars-CoV-2 laboratory test”, it added.
The WHO stated that it wanted to “honor the life that have been changed and lost, recognize those who are suffering from Covid-19 and long Covid, express appreciation to the health workers who have given so much to care for us, and commit to learning from Covid-19 to create a healthier tomorrow.”
In May 2023, the WHO declared that Covid-19 no longer represented a “global health emergency”.
Its chairman general, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said at the moment that at least seven million people had died in the crisis.
But he added that the real number was “likely” closer to 20 million fatalities- nearly three times the official measure.
Since then, the WHO has regularly urged people to avoid confidence in order to prevent the spread of Covid-like conditions.
Dr. Ghebreyesus has warned that the next epidemic” can occur at any moment” and that everyone should be on their guard.