Coronavirus is still a global threat will be decided this week

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said the WHO emergency committee will reconsider the declaration that the COVID-19 outbreak was a "public health emergency or a global threat."

The number of coronary cases worldwide has exceeded 16 million, while the number of deaths has also exceeded 650,000.

The World Health Organization (WHO) said a high-level committee on the emergency status of COVID-19 will decide later this week.

It can be remembered that six months ago the WHO declared COVID-19 as a global emergency.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Gabriess told reporters that the WHO emergency committee would reconsider the declaration that the COVID-19 outbreak was a "public health emergency or a global threat"?

Under the international health law, the USPPI, the highest level of emergency, must be reviewed every six months.

According to AFP, the WHO only made such announcements five times before COVID-19. These include swine flu, polio, zakat, and two Ebola outbreaks in Africa.

"The current epidemic is the most serious," Tedros said.

There is no doubt that the Emergency Committee will take into account that COVID-19 is still a global health emergency, but the WHO is likely to take action against the epidemic around the world. May suggest response changes.

The situation around the world regarding the coronavirus has changed dramatically since the World Health Organization declared an emergency.

“When I declared a global emergency on January 30, there were hundreds of cases outside of China and no casualties,” Tedros said.

"But now the number of corona cases worldwide have exceeded 16 million, while the number of deaths has also exceeded 650,000."

"COVID-19 has changed our world," said the head of the World Health Organization. He has brought people, communities, and nations together, he has taken them apart.

The World Health Organization (WHO) strongly denied the allegations in a statement released Friday stating that “similar and baseless allegations regarding Russian intelligence have been made more than once.

"Over the past six months, WHO has worked tirelessly to help many countries prepare for a response to the Coronavirus," Tedros said. I am proud of my organization and its employees. "

Tedros himself has faced heavy criticism from US President Donald Trump. Donald Trump accused the WHO of being a "puppet of China".

Earlier this month, President Trump announced that the United States would secede from the WHO. Remember that the United States has been the main source of funding for the WHO.

Encouraging results from the University of Oxford corona vaccine trial

1,077 people were included in the initial trials. Tests have shown that the vaccine teaches the immune system to respond stronger than the virus so that the body's antibodies and white blood cells can fight off the coronavirus.

Preliminary trials have given positive and encouraging results from a vaccine jointly developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, which has shown a strong immune response to the vaccine and is safe.

Professor Sarah Gilbert, co-author of the Oxford University study called the results encouraging.

“There is still a long way to go before we can confirm that this vaccine can help control COVID-19,” he said.

The British Prime Minister also called the results "very positive" and praised scientists working on the vaccine.

“No guarantees can be given,” he tweeted. We haven't reached the destination yet and more testing is needed, but it's a big step in the right direction.

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The head of the Russian Sovereign Fund hopes that Russia will work with its foreign partners to develop 200 million doses by the end of this year, after developing a vaccine against the coronavirus by August. Will get there.

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) is a $ 10 billion fund that is currently working on several vaccines projects across the country in conjunction with a government research institute.

RDIF chief executive Kirill Dmitriev hopes the project can start production next month. He made the remarks after completing the first phase of vaccine trials last week.

"Immediately after this, we plan to start mass production," Dmitriev said in a statement posted on Russia's official anti-Coronavirus portal, according to AFP.

He said the large-scale development of the vaccine could prevent a possible "second wave" of Coronavirus.

He hopes Russia will be able to produce 30 million doses of the vaccine by the end of this year, which will include "partners around the world," bringing the total to 200 million doses. Ira

Dmitriev said the second phase of testing will end on August 3.

"After that, the third phase of testing will start in Russia and several other countries," he said.

The trials will include Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and other countries.

On the other hand, the British government claims that the United Kingdom has obtained 90 million doses of the possible corona vaccine following agreements with several biotechnologies companies.

Business Secretary Alok Sharma said in a statement on Monday that the UK would now have access to three different types of vaccines, both locally and globally, and asked volunteers to sign up for research on the vaccines. A website has also been launched.

Alok Sharma said the search for the vaccine was a global effort and "we are doing everything possible to ensure that the British have access to a safe and effective Coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible".

The agreement will include 30 million doses of a vaccine developed by the biotechnology and German company Pfizer, and 60 million doses created by Valeniva of France.

The British government has already announced that it will purchase 100 million doses of the vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford in partnership with Stirling.

Previously, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a TV interview that he was "optimistic" about the vaccine, but was "100% confident" that we would have one this year or next. "Unfortunately, this is just an exaggeration."

The Corona epidemic has killed more than 45,000 people in the UK.