The corona virus continues to spread, but an end to the pandemic is already foreseeable.
At least that is what the WHO Regional Director is now announcing.
Berlin - Whether keeping your distance, closed schools or restrictions in gastronomy: the coronavirus pandemic demands a lot from many people in Germany and the world.
Although the federal and state governments cautiously relaxed the first measures on Wednesday as part of the Corona summit, a lockdown and many restrictions in everyday life will also have to be lived in the future.
But according to the WHO Regional Director, the pandemic could soon come to an end.
The expert even mentions a specific period.
Corona: end of the pandemic finally in sight?
WHO Regional Director ventures hopeful prognosis
As Hans Kluge, Regional Director of WHO Europe,
initially explained
in an interview with
Die
Welt
, the World Health Organization rejects the vaccination passports planned by the EU Commission.
The
introduction announced
for the summer is
"probably inevitable," said Kluge.
"But it is not a recommendation by the WHO." There are serious concerns: It
is uncertain how long an immunity will last.
A vaccine could also "not necessarily
prevent
the infection of other people
".
The EU Commission wants to present the draft law for a “digital green passport” on March 17th, which will
record
corona vaccinations,
Covid diseases and negative tests.
The aim is to find a safe way to lift restrictions and travel in Europe.
The heads of state and government of the European Union had previously agreed to press ahead with plans for a digital vaccination record.
The technical requirements should be in place within three months so that people vaccinated against corona can prove their immunization across Europe in a forgery-proof manner.
Corona in Europe: It should all be over in around ten months - will the pandemic end soon?
As the WHO Regional Director further explained in the interview, an end to the pandemic is already in sight.
Because Kluge expects the corona pandemic to end in around ten months.
He assumes that 2021 will be another Covid year, 2020 will have been "Terra Incognita".
“A year later we know a lot more.
That's why I assume that the pandemic will be over in early 2022. ”That doesn't mean that the virus is gone.
"But hopefully there will be no more disruptive interventions."
But until then, the pandemic and its restrictions must be dealt with carefully.
Kluge warned against not taking corona mutations seriously enough because some could spread very quickly and cause serious disease processes.
“If this coincides with a slow vaccination campaign, then we will lose the momentum.
Then
the virus can regain the upper hand. ”Now is not the time for the people in Europe to sit back and relax.
The WHO European Office announced on Thursday that the number of new infections in Europe had increased by nine percent.
This stopped the promising decline of the last six weeks.
Virus variant B.1.1.7, which first appeared in Great Britain, has now appeared in 43 of the 53 European countries.
