{"id":16501,"date":"2024-02-13T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16501"},"modified":"2024-02-13T16:42:03","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T16:42:03","slug":"who-reminds-covid-19-vaccination-still-essential","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/who-reminds-covid-19-vaccination-still-essential\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO Reminds: COVID-19 Vaccination Still Essential"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reiterated the importance of vaccination against COVID-19, emphasizing that it remains an essential tool in combating the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO Technical Lead on COVID-19, highlighted that while the impact of COVID-19 has decreased significantly, the global situation is still being closely monitored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a recent update, Dr. Kerkhove cautioned that despite reduced hospitalizations, ICU admissions, and deaths, COVID-19 continues to pose a significant burden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She noted that there are still approximately 10-12 deaths per month attributed to the virus, particularly among older individuals and those with underlying health conditions, as well as those who remain unvaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Michael Ryan, Executive Director of the WHO Health Emergencies Programme, echoed Dr. Kerkhove&#8217;s sentiments, reporting an increase in COVID-19 reinfections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he emphasized that individuals who are fully vaccinated, especially older adults and those with underlying health conditions, have significantly lower chances of severe outcomes from the virus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both Dr. Kerkhove and Dr. Ryan reaffirmed the WHO&#8217;s commitment to tracking the virus and providing updates as necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This health report is sponsored by Essential Care Pharmacy and GTM Insurance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us for more updates on Tuesday in the next edition of the NCN Health Report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reiterated the importance of vaccination against COVID-19, emphasizing that it remains an essential tool in combating the pandemic. Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16502,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16503,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16501\/revisions\/16503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}