WHO warns against treating Covid-19 like flu – The Peninsula Qatar
- Date: 11-Jan-2022
- Source: The Peninsula Qatar
- Sector:Healthcare
- Country:Qatar
WHO warns against treating Covid-19 like flu – The Peninsula Qatar
Copenhagen: The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned against treating COVID-19 as an endemic illness like flu, rather than as a pandemic, saying the spread of the Omicron variant has not yet stabilized.
Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday it may be time to change how it tracks COVID-19's evolution to instead use a method similar to how it follows the flu, because its lethality has fallen. That would imply treating the virus as an "endemic illness", rather than a pandemic.