Coronavirus May Never Go Away, It Could Be Like HIV – World Health Organization Warns

Top World Health Organization (WHO) experts are warning that the novel coronavirus could become endemic like HIV and the world will have to learn how to live with it.

Dr Mike Ryan, WHO emergencies expert said at a briefing on Wednesday that even if a vaccine is found, it will require ‘massive effort’ to control the virus, hence the need to quit predicting when the virus would disappear.

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He added that just as the world has come to terms with HIV, the world will have to do same with the novel coronavirus.

“It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away,”

“HIV has not gone away – but we have come to terms with the virus,” Dr Ryan told the virtual press conference from Geneva.

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Meanwhile WHO Director General, Tedros Adhanom, stressed that with collective effort, the virus can be controlled.

“The trajectory is in our hands, and it’s everybody’s business, and we should all contribute to stop this pandemic.”

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