World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said the Covid-19 pandemic will end "when the world chooses to end it". "It is in our hands.
We have all the tools we need - effective public health tools and effective medical tools, but the world has not used those tools well, he told a conference in Berlin. "With almost 50,000 deaths a week, the pandemic is far from over," Mr Tedros said. "Unlike so many other health challenges, we can prevent this. "Complacency is now as dangerous as the virus.
Now is the time to be on heightened alert, not to let down your guard." Mr Tedros said the disease "will not disappear" and the world must turn its focus to what it means "to live with it". "This does not mean giving up on