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‘COVID-19 endgame’: What will it take to go from pandemic to endemic? - Globalnews.ca

‘COVID-19 endgame’: What will it take to go from pandemic to endemic? - Globalnews.ca

‘COVID-19 endgame’: What will it take to go from pandemic to endemic? - Globalnews.ca
Nov 21, 2021 1 min, 10 secs

Almost 22 months since COVID-19 was classified as a global pandemic — spreading to more than 100 countries — the virus continues to be a constant around the world.

From pandemic to endemic: Global experts seeing ‘gradual evolution’ of COVID-19.

“We’re looking at the time between now and end of 2022, which is the time we estimate for the global rollout of vaccines — and vaccinating those most at risk and vulnerable — that will change the dynamic of the patterns of transmission that we’re seeing now,” the UN health agency told Global News.

A number of effective COVID-19 vaccines at our disposal have altered the course of the pandemic, reducing severe outcomes of the disease.

Vaccines prevent lockdowns, not always COVID-19 spread: experts.

Barriers related to access amid a limited global vaccine supply are holding many countries back, experts say.

A widespread vaccination drive is needed to curb the global spread of COVID-19, according to Horacio Bach, an infectious diseases expert at the University of British Columbia.

The good news, though, is as immunity goes up — with greater vaccine uptake and infections — cases of COVID-19 will likely get milder over time, he added.

In March 2020, the WHO characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic, as it had spread to 114 countries.

However, since the term is not recognized under international law, there is no general, formal mechanism for declaring the beginning or end of a pandemic, the WHO told Global News.

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