END OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC – The World Health Organization (WHO) issued a statement on the status of the global emergency due to COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected countries across the globe and though situations are slowly going back to normal, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the health experts stressed that the virus will not go away. Meanwhile, based on a recent report on ABS-CBN News, WHO eyes to end the global emergency due to COVID in 2023. According to WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, one of the major lessons from the COVID pandemic was that nations should respond fast to sudden outbreaks.
World Health said that the weekly death toll due to COVID is now a fifth of the count a year ago. Based on the report, the international health agency is hopeful of ending the global health emergency due to coronavirus next year.
“We have come a long way. We are hopeful that at some point next year, we will still be able to say that COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency,” the World Health Chief said.
New COVID-19 Symptoms: Loss Of Taste, Loss Of Smell
UK Health Experts Adds New COVID-19 Symptoms: Loss Of Smell And Taste
NEW COVID-19 SYMPTOMS – The United Kingdom’s government made a new advisory on Monday regarding the new coronavirus.
Months after the discovery of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, new symptoms have been discovered. Previously, diarrhea was found to be a symptom of COVID-19 after traces of the virus were found in stool.
There were also studies which found traces of the virus in semen. Furthermore, the UK government announced:
From today, all individuals should self-isolate if they develop a new continuous cough or fever or anosmia,
According to an article from Anadolu, Anosmia is the loss or a change in your normal sense of smell. Additionally, it could also affect your sense of taste as the two are closely linked.
Previously, there were studies conducted linking COVID-19 to anosmia. However, the UK government said that they had no gathered enough evidence to be confident in its recommendation.
As per the report, they advised individuals who have lost their sense of taste and smell to isolate themselves for 14 days. Moreover, the statement was signed by the UK’s four chief medical officers.
Other countries such as the United States had previously added Ansomia to their list of symptoms. As such, some countries have criticized UK’s government for the delayed addition of the symptom to their list.
The prevalence is widespread. We used to see these patients occasionally but now we see them regularly.
If we had recognized this earlier, we would have reduced the spread. The reproduction rate of the virus would have been lower
Currently, the coronavirus has infected more than 4.73 million individuals worldwide. Along with this, at least 315,000 have succumbed to the virus with over 1.74 million recoveries.
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