Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said while the overall picture on the pandemic has improved "many risks and uncertainties" remain.
The World Health Organization head is hopeful that the coronavirus pandemic may soon be over.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said global COVID deaths last week were the lowest since March 2020.
The people at highest risk are men who have sex with men and who have multiple partners, participate in group sex or attend venues where sex occurs on the premises.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“Many of us might think we are done with COVID-19. It’s not done with us,” World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Monday.
Israel, France and Germany have started administering booster shots, while the U.S. CDC maintains they are not necessary right now.
Chinese authorities have not been transparent with investigators trying to figure out how the coronavirus pandemic started.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged wealthy nations to donate vaccines to other countries where even front-line health care workers can't get access.
As COVID-19 spread, the WHO often shied away from criticizing countries including Japan, France, and Britain, which made repeated mistakes.
Tedros said he will self-quarantine in “coming days, in line with WHO protocols, and work from home.”