The World Health Organization (WHO) has unveiled its new strategy to combat the Coronavirus (Covid-19) to help countries move from emergency management of the pandemic to prevention and control of it.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom said when presenting his new strategy that "the previous plan, released in 2022, outlined two strategic objectives: to reduce the circulation of SARS-CoV-2; and to diagnose and treat Covid-19 to reduce mortality, morbidity and long-term sequelae."
"This strategy retains those two objectives, and adds a third: to support countries as they transition from an emergency response to longer-term sustained Covid-19 disease prevention, control and management," he added.
The WHO's Covid-19 Emergency Committee is scheduled to meet Thursday to decide whether the pandemic is still serious enough to maintain the maximum alert level announced on Jan. 30, 2020.
