CASBF - WHO says coronavirus is here to stay elimination unlikely

The World Health Organization (WHO) says that COVID-19 is likely “here to stay with us” as the virus mutates like flu viruses making its elimination unlikely. Speaking at a press briefing, Dr. Mike Ryan, the executive director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Program said: “I think this virus is here to stay with us and it will evolve like influenza pandemic viruses, it will evolve to become one of the other viruses that affects us.” “People have said we’re going to eliminate or eradicate the virus.” “No, we’re not, very, very unlikely,” CNBC quoted Dr. Ryan as saying. Early this year, seeing a drop in vaccine-driven immunity and the threat of new variants, the top executives at COVID-19 vaccine developers Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) and BioNTech (NASDAQ:BNTX) predicted that there would be a need for annual vaccinations against the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead, said on Tuesday that the world lost

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WHO says coronavirus is “here to stay”, elimination unlikely