* World leaders and the public must learn to manage the virus and make permanent adjustments to their daily lives to bring the virus down to low levels, the WHO said.
* Throughout history, outbreaks and pandemics have changed economies and societies, the agency said.
The World Health Organization said Friday that a vaccine will be a “vital tool” in the global fight against the coronavirus, but it won’t end the Covid-19 pandemic on its own and there’s no guarantee scientists will find one.
World leaders and the public must learn to manage the virus and make permanent adjustments to their daily lives to bring the virus down to low levels, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said during a news conference from the agency’s Geneva headquarters. “At the same time, we will not, we cannot go back to the way things were.”
Throughout history, outbreaks and pandemics have changed economies and societies, he said.
“In particular, the Covid-19 pandemic has given new impetus to the need to accelerate efforts to respond to climate change,” he said. “The Covid-19 pandemic has given us a glimpse of our world as it could be: cleaner skies and rivers.”
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Update: COVID-19 pandemic gives new impetus in response to climate change: WHO chief (Xinhaunet)
WNU Editor: This is why people are losing trust in international institutions like the WHO. Instead of focusing on the pandemic, it looks like the WHO is now focused on climate change and rearranging the global economy order. Also not surprisingly, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus provides zero evidence to back his claims.
