37th WHO Regulatory Update on COVID-19

The WHO Emergency Committee on COVID-19 in its latest meeting expressed concern that the pandemic is being mischaracterized as coming to an end even though it is nowhere near finished. It also warned about the strong likelihood for the emergence and global spread of new and possibly more dangerous variants of concern that may be even more challenging to control.

As stated by Dr Tedros on 4th August, WHO is calling for a moratorium on boosters to enable at least 10% of the population of every country to be vaccinated and all countries are asked to support this effort.