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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned countries that COVID-19 is not over.<\/p>\n

The top UN official said the reports of the decline in cases and deaths do not mean the end of the pandemic<\/p>\n

Ghebreyesus spoke on Sunday in Geneva at the opening of the World Health Assembly.<\/p>\n

The Assembly, the decision-making body of the WHO, has 194 member-countries.<\/p>\n

At the meeting, the first in-person since 2019, Ghebreyesus advised health ministers not to relax.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs COVID-19 over? No. I know that\u2019s not the message you want to hear, and it\u2019s definitely not the message I want to deliver,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The DG expressed concern about increasing cases in nearly 70 countries in all regions with testing rates reduced.<\/p>\n

Ghebreyesus added that reported deaths are also rising in Africa, the continent with the lowest vaccination coverage.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not over anywhere until it\u2019s over everywhere. Only 57 countries have vaccinated 70 per cent of their population, almost all of them high-income countries,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

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