‘The end is in sight’: COVID-19 deaths at lowest levels since March 2020, WHO says
“Now is the time to run harder and make sure we cross the line and reap the rewards of all our hard work.”While cases have been decreasing across the country in the last few weeks, the virus continues to infect and kill Canadians. The latest available data from the Public Health Agency of Canada shows there were 18,366 new cases of COVID-19 in Canada during the week of Aug. 28 to Sept. 3 and 238 new deaths.
This represents a 12 per cent drop in new cases and a nine per cent decrease in fatalities from the previous week in Canada.Meanwhile, this week the UN agency is releasing six policy briefs that outline key actions it believes all governments must take to lower the number of COVID-19 cases further worldwide and bring an end to the pandemic.
WHO is also urging countries to continue to plan for future surges of cases and to maintain infection prevention and control measures to protect health workers and non-COVID patients in health facilities. And while case numbers are declining, countries will continue to experience waves of COVID-19 infections as the virus continues to mutate and find new ways of evading immunity, said Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, an infectious disease epidemiologist and WHO’s technical lead for COVID-19.
Tedros vowed that WHO would continue to work to provide tools, information and support as the virus continues to circulate, including helping low-income countries access and manufacture vaccines and bringing the world’s experts together to share the latest scientific knowledge, monitor trends, analyze evidence and advise the world.
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