The World Health Organisation's Chief, on Wednesday, has warned the world over a possibility of the novel COVID-19 virus existing in our communities as an endemic virus and that we might have to live with the fatal disease. In the news briefing, WHO Chief Dr Michael Ryan also admitted that it's impossible to predict when the Coronavirus pandemic will be controlled.

He also claimed that COVID-19 infected people are relatively low so far, he said, "The virus may never go away. Without a vaccine, it could take years for the population to build up sufficient levels of immunity to it. I think it’s important to put this on the table. Dr Michael tried to explain how we might have to live with this endemic virus just like we have adjusted to living with other novel viruses like HIV," This virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities," he said. He suggested that effective treatments were developed for people to live with HIV. 

He is hopeful on the development of an effective vaccine and states that it too will require an ample amount of work to produce and distribute the vaccine across the world. WHO's the technical lead for COVID-19, Maria Van Kerkhove said, "some people are in a state of feeling some despair, but it is still possible to stop the virus without medical interventions. The trajectory of the virus is in our hands as we have seen some countries bring the virus under control."

Global tally of COVID-19 infections reached 4,431,885 as the number of deaths near 3 Lakh. In India, the Coronavirus cases stand at 78,118 after a rise of 3792 cases on Wednesday. The death toll rose to 2549 after registering 140 deaths. Maharashtra saw a spike in infections as it reported 1495 cases yesterday, India-wide, the number of recovered patients, is 26,167.