Margaret Chan ha comparecido el día 22 de marzo para informar de la evolución de la situación en relación con la epidemia de infecciones por el ZIKV.
El texto no tiene desperdicio con perlas como:
The more we know the worse things look.
Entre otras cosas habla de la necesidad de disponer de un test de diagnóstico y dice:
In terms of new medical products, the experts agreed that a reliable, point-of-care diagnostic test is the most urgent priority. At present, more than 30 companies are working on, or have developed, potential new diagnostic tests.
De la vacuna:
For vaccines, 23 projects are being worked on by 14 vaccine developers in the US, France, Brazil, India, and Austria. As the vaccine will be used to protect pregnant women or women of child-bearing age, it must meet an extremely high standard of safety.
WHO estimates that at least some of the projects will move into clinical trials before the end of this year, but several years may be needed before a fully tested and licensed vaccine is ready for use.
Several scientists warned that the first explosive wave of spread may be over before a vaccine is available. However, all agreed that development of a vaccine is imperative. More than half of the world’s population lives in an area where the Aedes aegypti mosquito is present.
En los últimos años la OMS ha emitido varias alertas que en algunos casos se han quedado afortunadamente en problemas de menor importancia del previsto. En este caso, a Europa no le queda otra esperanza que un no eficiente acción como vector del Ae Albopictus.
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