WHO: The pandemic will end in 2023

Covid-19 will remain in the future, but it seems that the epidemic will end in 2023. This is according to the World Health Organization, which says that the majority of the world’s population now has some kind of immunity to the virus.

With the exception of China, where the virus is still spreading unhindered and causing many deaths, the situation is now much better than it was a year ago, according to the World Health Organization, According to CNBC.

The epidemic will end in 2023

About 90 percent of the world’s population now has some form of immunity to the virus, whether it’s through vaccination or contracting the virus. Since last year’s Omicron wave in February, global deaths have fallen by 70 percent, according to the World Health Organization, which says the pandemic will end later this year.

“We remain hopeful that next year the world will move into a new phase where we reduce hospitalizations and deaths to the lowest possible level, and that health systems can deal with COVID-19 in a sustainable way,” stated the WHO director. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during Monday.

Problems still exist

However, some problems remain, including that new variants may emerge, that they are not followed closely, and that older people are not fully vaccinated in many places.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus continues to press that the virus should not be “underestimated”.

“It will continue to surprise us, and it will continue to kill unless we do more to provide health tools to people who need them and comprehensively tackle misinformation.”

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