90% of the world’s population has acquired immunity to COVID-19

The World Health Organization reported Friday that about 90% of the world’s population currently has some level of immunity against COVID-19 through vaccination or infection.

“The WHO estimates that at least 90% of the world’s population now has some level of immunity against SARS-CoV-2 due to a previous infection or vaccination,” the WHO said. General Director From the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, referring to the virus that causes the disease.

“We are very close to saying that the emergency phase of the pandemic is over, But we’re not there yetHe said at a press conference.

Tedros also said that new variants of the virus could emerge and take over the dominant Omicron. There are currently over 500 Omicron subspecies and they are all highly transmissible. There are also mutations in the virus that can easily escape acquired immunity, which Tedros has promoted.

Who: Covid-19 remains a public health emergency

Last October, the World Health Organization reported that COVID-19 remains a Public Health Emergency of International Concern” (PHEIC).

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he decided to keep the pandemic as a global emergency, in response to the recommendation of the Emergency Committee.

According to a statement from the World Health Organization, experts from several countries who advise the organization agreed that COVID-19 is a “public health event that continues to have a strong and negative impact on the health of the world’s population.”