World Health Organisation chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus is set for a second term after the body’s executive board nominated him yesterday as the sole candidate for a procedural leadership vote in May.
Tedros appreciated the board for its support in the past years and laid out the challenges ahead as the world grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Of course, the last two years have been difficult. The whole world is sick and tired. They want to have the pandemic behind them. Families want to get together again, children would like to go back to school without any fear,” he said.
“But we are still challenged by omicron,” he said, but stressed that the world has the tools to fight the virus.
“I believe that in 2022, the acute phase of the pandemic will be over because all of us are sick and tired.”
