The world will cope with the pandemic in early 2022, but this does not mean that the coronavirus itself will disappear, suggested Hans Kluge, Regional Director for Europe at the World Health Organization (WHO).
“I think 2021 will be another year of covid. But now we can better predict and manage events. In 2020, there was only uncertainty in both health and politics. A year later, we know a lot more. we have tools, diagnostic programs, a vaccine. In my work, it is important to plan in advance. Therefore, I believe that at the beginning of 2022 the pandemic will be over, but this does not mean that the virus itself will go away, “Die Welt quotes Kluge’s interview with TASS. p>
The WHO representative urged to be patient on the issue of vaccination: “In the beginning, demand always exceeds supply. You cannot vaccinate the inhabitants of the entire planet at once.” According to Kluge, it is “apparently inevitable” that citizens in Europe will have vaccination passports in the summer, even though this is not a WHO recommendation.