The head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. says he hopes the coronavirus pandemic will be over in under two years.
Speaking in Geneva he referenced as to how the Spanish flu of 1918 had taken two years to overcome.
But he added that current advances in technology could enable the world to halt the virus “in a shorter time”.
“Of course with more connectiveness, the virus has a better chance of spreading,” he said.
“But at the same time, we have also the technology to stop it, and the knowledge to stop it,” he noted, stressing the importance of “national unity, global solidarity”.
Coronavirus has so far killed almost 800,000 people and infected nearly 23 million whereas Spanish Flu killed nearly 50 million.
Tedros also responded to a question about corruption relating to personal protective equipment (PPE) during the pandemic, which he described as “criminal”.
“Any type of corruption is unacceptable.”
“However, corruption related to PPE… for me it’s actually murder. Because if health workers work without PPE, we’re risking their lives. And that also risks the lives of the people they serve.”
Tedros and the WHO have been criticised for their response to the pandemic with many accusing them of being in the back pocket of the Chinese. Likewise President Trump has removed all US funding for the organisation leaving Bill Gates as its sole largest benificiary.
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