Many epidemiologists and virologists have stated that Covid — which first emerged in China in late before spreading around the world, causing more than million cases to date, and over 5 million deaths — is here to stay and will become an endemic disease eventually. That means that there will be persistent but low-to-moderate levels of Covid in any given population in future but that the virus should not be causing excessive levels of infection or spreading from country to country which would make it a pandemic again.
The World Health Organization is warning that it's too soon to consider Covid an endemic disease, however. It cautioned Tuesday that the global outbreak is far from being at an endemic stage as it estimated that more than half of the people in Europe and Central Asia could be infected with Covid in the next six to eight weeks as omicron spreads.
Speaking at a press briefing on Tuesday, Dr. Catherine Smallwood, a senior emergency officer at WHO Europe, said it's too soon to suggest the world is moving into an endemic phase of Covid. It might become endemic in due course but pinning that down to is a bit difficult at this stage.
Smallwood noted that widespread vaccination coverage would be key to moving to such a scenario but, for now, the conditions for endemicity were not being met.
Marco Cavaleri, head of biological health threats and vaccines strategy at the European Medicines Agency, the EU's drug regulator, said Tuesday that "nobody knows when exactly we'll be at the end of the tunnel" in terms of the pandemic becoming endemic, but added that progress is being made.
Covid vaccination remains patchy around the world. Reported influenza A H5N6 virus infections during have doubled the number of such cases detected since this virus was first found in people in , raising concerns about the risk of additional human zoonotic infections and the pandemic potential of this virus. Based on current antigenic, genetic and epidemiologic data, it was determined that previously recommended H5 CVVs are still expected to offer protection against influenza A H5N6 viruses should vaccination be needed.
CDC takes routine public health preparedness measures whenever a virus with zoonotic or pandemic potential is identified. This includes conducting a risk assessment and, as appropriate, preparing CVVs that could be used to rapidly make vaccines if needed. CDC conducted a formal risk assessment of highly pathogenic influenza A H5N6 viruses in April and determined that these viruses posed a moderate risk in terms of their potential to cause a pandemic as well as the potential to cause moderate public health impact if they were to spread person-to-person.
Since the first identification of human infections with influenza A H5N6 viruses in , multiple H5 CVVs have been developed to cover different antigenic groups of these viruses. A new risk assessment of influenza A H5N6 is currently underway. Analysis of influenza A H5N6 viruses also shows that these viruses remain susceptible to influenza antiviral medications, such as the neuraminidase inhibitors oseltamivir, zanamivir, peramivir and polymerase acidic PA protein inhibitor baloxavir , meaning that treatment options would be available.
Since when the first influenza A H5N6 infection in a person was detected in China, 51 such infections have been reported, including 25 during , as of October 29, The dance will go on. Your natural immunity Researchers have found that your immune system naturally makes anti-flu antibodies, but levels can vary from person to person. Support your immune system with natural supplements and healthy lifestyle choices including.
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