India may strongly decide the future direction of Covid-19, especially in the manner India checks the odd crisis from here. Dr. Michael J Ryan, executive director of the WHO health emergency program, said this on Monday.
The future of this worldwide disorder
Reported on Times Of India, the future of this worldwide disorder will be decided on what happens in very large and densely populated countries,” said the WHO health expert.
“So, it’s really important that India continues to take aggressive action at the public health level and at the level of society to contain, control, suppress this disease and save lives,” Ryan said.
India motivates the world
He added that India motivated the world in destroying two silent killers — smallpox and polio. “Smallpox killed more people on this planet than all wars together. India, through targeted public health interventions, ended that disease and gave a great gift to the world. India also eliminated polio, another silent killer, and did a tremendous job on surveillance, on finding cases, and vaccinating and doing all the things that needed to be done,” Ryan said at a media briefing on the Covid-19 crisis in Geneva, Switzerland.
“The pandemic is accelerating,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the WHO, said as he called for world leaders to stop the highly contagious viral illness in its tracks, where possible, while also mitigating its effect on vulnerable populations and slowing its spread in communities where the virus has already gained a foothold.
