世卫组织将武汉冠状病毒列为全球大流行疾病

在疫情激增后,世界卫生组织将武汉冠状病毒(COVID-19)列为全球大流行疾病,呼吁所有人应该必须面对这场公共卫生危机,每个人都必须参与抗疫。 世卫总干事谭德塞(TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus)今日(12日)在日内瓦记者会上表示,经世卫组织评估了疾病传播严重程度,认为此次病毒可被视为大流行 ,而在全球确诊与死亡病例不断激增后,决定上调疾病级别。 目前,中国境外的病例增加了13倍,受灾国家数量增加了两倍,未来一段时间内,预期病例数、死亡人数和受感染国家的数量会进一步攀升。 他表示,世卫组织在疫情期间不断进行评估,而世卫对于病毒传播的速度与严重程度,还有一些国家与地区在防疫上的无所作为而感到担忧,但他并未指明哪些国家。 疾病流行和大流行的区别在于范围,前者疫情扩散范围较小,后者通常是指传染病在多个国家乃至全世界流行。 谭德塞表示将病毒称为大流行并不会改变世卫对病毒威胁的评估,但若滥用大流行一词可能会引起不必要的恐慌, 世卫日前一直拒绝宣布将其称为全球大流行,谭德塞曾于2月底表示,若草率使用全球大流行一次,只会带来严重的风险,并发出病毒无法得以控制的错误信息。 世卫也曾于1月底表示,病毒疫情构成“国际关注公共卫生紧急事件”,而今日进一步宣布成疾病大流行也可能对引发多国全部或局部的紧急应变措施 据统计,全球目前已有118个国家和地区出现确诊病例,累计病例超过12万1000起,死亡人数超过4000个。

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