The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the COVID-19 epidemic is nearing its end.
According to Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director General of the WHO, the epidemic is gradually diminishing as the number of deaths worldwide decreases.
Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, speaking at a press conference in Geneva, Switzerland, stressed that more needs to be done to permanently eradicate COVID-19.
“We have never been in a better position to end the pandemic. We are not there yet. But the end is in sight”, he mentioned.
He urged governments to maintain fighting the virus, which has killed over six million people.
“Last week, the number of weekly reported deaths from COVID-19 was the lowest since March 2020″, said Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus.
According to the most recent WHO estimate, 10,935 Covid-19 fatalities occurred worldwide from September 5 to 11.
This is a reduction of more than 20% from the previous week.
The WHO reported 407 additional fatalities in Australia for the same period.
Since the start of the pandemic, more than 6.4 million Covid-19 deaths had been documented worldwide as of September 11, 2022.
Australia has recorded 14,421 Covid-19 deaths, according to the last federal government update from September 9, 2022.