Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned countries that COVID-19 is not over.

While speaking at the World Health Assembly in Geneva on Sunday,Ghebreyesus, warned that the decline in cases and deaths does not imply the end of the pandemic.

At “The Assembly”, the decision-making body of the WHO, which has about 194 member-countries, the WHO Chief advised health ministers not to relax.

Is COVID-19 over? No. I know that’s not the message you want to hear, and it’s definitely not the message I want to deliver,” he said.

The DG expressed concern about increasing cases in nearly 70 countries in all regions with testing rates reduced.

Ghebreyesus added that reported deaths are also rising in Africa, the continent with the lowest vaccination coverage.

It’s not over anywhere until it’s over everywhere. Only 57 countries have vaccinated 70 per cent of their population, almost all of them high-income countries,” he noted.