LONDON — With war raging between Russia and Ukraine, the world’s battle against the coronavirus has been largely sidelined and the second anniversary of Covid-19 being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization could easily pass us by.

Covid was, or still is, an earthquake that affected millions of lives. This caused heartache and anxiety for many who lost loved ones.

Of course, the long-lasting impact on many individuals’ mental and physical health is yet to be fully measured or appreciated, with the effects of the virus — whether it be the malingering Covid symptoms or “long Covid” many people are experiencing, or its impact on the brain and body — still being investigated by scientists.

When the WHO declared that Covid could be classified as a pandemic on March 11, 2020 we didn’t know we would have over 452,000,000 cases and 6 million deaths. Johns Hopkins University continues to track the numbers and death tolls.

It’s hard to believe that these deaths are such a large number, it is easy for people or families not to remember how devastating each one was.

The human costs and emotional loss caused by pandemics are immense, but it is worth celebrating all the accomplishments made during this time with lots of optimism on the day that the first preliminary clinical trial results emergedOn Nov. 9, 2020 PfizerThis indicates that Covid was created with German biotech BioNTechIn record time, Covid was defeated.

Stock markets rose, signaling that there was hope for a cure from the pandemic and the vaccine maker hailed the discovery as a “great day for science and humanity.”The announcement of the good news was followed up by similar results. Moderna, AstraZenecaOthers.

A variety of manufacturers around the globe have made millions of Covid vaccinations. Since then, those who are most fortunate received their standard, two-dose Covid immunizations as well as a booster. A Covid vaccine is not available to the poorest in the world. Experts say that this, along with other basic healthcare, should make the West ashamed.

Only 13.7% of low-income people have had at least one dose. 63.4%, or 63.4%, of the global population, has received at most one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. There are more than 10 billion administered globally. according to Our World in DataAnother source of valuable data was the CDC during the pandemic.

It quickly became a hot political topic in China during the Pandemic of 2019. The virus was first discovered in Wuhan late in 2019, but it has been denied by many that it is responsible for the current pandemic. A long delay resulted in an international team made up of public health specialists and scientists being allowed to enter the country. but they struggled to ascertain the origin of the virus. Although scientists have eliminated the possibility of a “lab-leak” theory, they still believe it to be a mystery.

Public health professionals are keen to emphasize that while major global economies have reopened and many countries are learning to “live with” the virus now, the pandemic remains.

It has been proven that each strain of virus we have discovered is more dangerous (but fortunately less fatal) than its predecessors.

The emergence of the omicron variant — which proved far more transmissible but less deadly, and led to a sharp peak and fall of cases around the world — caught some governments by surprise and illustrated the different levels of tolerance that leaders were willing to demonstrate toward “living with” Covid.

Some countries, such as the U.K. were willing to wait and see how severe the variant would cause damage, while other nations, including Germany and the Netherlands who are mindful of the stress on their healthcare systems, introduced partial restrictions and lockdowns late in 2021.

While protests were raised in Europe, many others demonstrated against Covid. Virologists, epidemiologists, front-line workers and virologists treating Covid patients have found myth-spreading to be a persistent problem.

Following the Omicron wave peak, cases have fallen substantially [but]Harries stated that there is a pandemic and we should expect Covid-19 to circulate at higher levels due to the presence of the BA.2 Sub-lineage. said in an UKHSA statement Thursday.

It is well-known that vaccines don’t provide long-term protection against Covid. Some countries have begun to consider deploying booster jabs. Israel declared in January it will offer fourth jabs for health workers and over-60s.

Some virologists are critical of repeated boosters. However, the WHO stated that blanket boosters could cause poor countries to continue struggling to get their initial doses. and that an unequal access to immunizations could lead to new variants.