EXCERPT:
GHEBREYESUS: "Surveillance and genetic sequencing have declined dramatically making it more difficult to track known variants and detect new ones. And there is a torrent of pseudoscience and misinformation circulating, which is undermining trust in safe and effective tools for Covid-19. My message is clear: Do not underestimate this virus. It has and will continue to surprise us, and it will continue to kill, unless we do more to get help tools to people that need them and to comprehensively tackle misinformation.”