The virus may remain with humanity.
The disease caused by infection with coronavirus COVID-19 may not come with time, and will be another disease with which mankind has to deal every day. On Wednesday, may 13, said the programme Manager of the world health organization (who) emergency Mike Ryan, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to the Correspondent.
“This virus could become another ubiquitous virus in our communities, and the virus can not escape. HIV is not gone,” Ryan said.
“I’m not comparing the two diseases, but I think it’s important to be realistic. I don’t think anyone can predict will disappear if the disease and when,” he said.
According to him, the appearance of the vaccine could give hope to, however, this option requires a number of conditions, including the widespread availability of the vaccine and its effectiveness.
In turn, the head of emergency diseases in the who Maria van Kerkhove said that, despite all the difficulties, “the trajectory of the outbreak is in our hands”. However, she said that a number of countries managed to take control of the spread of the disease.
Previously, scientists have named the cause of high mortality from COVID. It is believed that the main danger of coronavirus in humans is the uncontrolled activation of immune cells in inflammation.