GENEVA, January 26 (Reuters) – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday issued new clinical advice for treating patients with COVID-19, including those with persistent symptoms after recovery, and also said it recommends the use of coagulants. with low doses to prevent blood clots.
WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris said at a UN briefing in Geneva that a WHO-led team of independent experts is currently in downtown Wuhan, China, where the first human cases were detected in December 2019. he will leave quarantine in the next two days until he continues his work on the origins of the virus.
Harris declined to comment on reports of delays in vaccine implementation in the European Union. She said she had no specific data and the WHO’s priority was to vaccinate health workers in all countries in the first 100 days of the year.
Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge