O BS: Coronavirus will be present for a long time

This assessment of the OBS made public on August 1st came just a day after the organisation's Emergency Committee met to assess the crisis, six months after it declared the Coronaviri as a public health emergency, with international concern.

“Commity has assessed the projected length of the COVID-19 pandemic, stressing the importance of the efforts of the national, regional and global community”, the OBSs' statement said.

Since the first case with the new coronary in China in late 2019, this virus has claimed the lives of more than 681,000 people and at least 17.7 million people have been infected, reports Johns Hopkins University's data.

Coronervirus ' pandemic spread rapidly worldwide, forcing many states to apply severe isolation measures.

Before this emergency committee meeting, WHO Director Adhanom Ghebrreesus said the effects of pandemic will be long-term.

To think that six months ago, when we recommended a health emergency, the world had less than 100 cases and no deaths recorded outside China”, he said.

“Pandemia is a crisis that occurs once in a century, whose effects will be felt for decades”, he said.