| 1 | Dec 31, '23 | Long🧵 #COVID19 and where we are. I’m worried. We are entering the 5th year of the pandemic and we are certainly in a different phase. This phase is marked by an evolving virus (wi | 31.7× | 1.4M | 3.2k | 1.4k | 1k |
| 2 | Dec 30, '23 | JN.1 continues to rise in detection, but what matters to you is that #COVID19 is circulating in ALL countries. You CAN protect yourself from infection and severe disease. Mask, ven | 22.3× | 1M | 1.1k | 412 | 131 |
| 3 | Mar 11, '23 | So where exactly are we now in the #COVID19 pandemic and where are we going? Long thread ⬇️ @DrTedros @DrMikeRyan @WHO | 18.5× | 844k | 1.3k | 549 | 445 |
| 4 | Apr 29, '23 | Brief update on #Omicron XBB.1.X👇 XBB sublineages incl XBB.1.5, XBB.1.16, XBB.1.9 are dominant worldwide. Surveillance is so so impt. Be vigilant. Each week millions of people (re | 16.3× | 745k | 2.2k | 1.1k | 227 |
| 5 | Jul 9, '21 | I’m not into sub-tweeting: Allowing #SARSCoV2 to spread & infect others by not implementing consistently proven actions that prevent infections, reduce spread, prevent disease | 9.9× | 0 | 6k | 2.2k | 224 |
| 6 | Jan 24, '23 | >170,000 people have died from #COVID19 in the last 8 weeks 10,000-30,000 people dead each week, that we know of Each week Take that in Parents, grandparents, siblings, children | 8.6× | 391k | 3.2k | 1.4k | 151 |
| 7 | Aug 17, '23 | New @WHO variant under monitoring BA.2.86 V limited info available right now but large # of mutations needs closer monitoring Surveillance, sequencing & #COVID19 reporting crit | 8.5× | 386k | 998 | 443 | 100 |
| 8 | Jul 17, '23 | Please take care, #COVID19 has not gone away. We must remain vigilant and do more to prevent infections, severe disease, #LongCOVID and deaths. Play your part, live your lives. You | 7.8× | 356k | 923 | 331 | 80 |
| 9 | Jul 29, '23 | 🧵Anyone who knows me knows that I despise the phrase “living with COVID”. We are living with #COVID19 & we must do it better. Governments must better manage COVID-19: prevent | 7.6× | 348k | 1.6k | 518 | 177 |
| 10 | Sep 18, '23 | An absolute pleasure to discuss progress on this tool developed by @CERN & @WHO with a wide range of incredible diverse experts from around the world to better understand and a | 7.5× | 344k | 788 | 241 | 152 |
| 11 | May 31, '21 | Today, @WHO announces new, easy-to-say labels for #SARSCoV2 Variants of Concern (VOCs) & Interest (VOIs) They will not replace existing scientific names, but are aimed to help | 7.4× | 0 | 3.2k | 1.7k | 318 |
| 12 | Dec 31, '23 | It’s marked by reduced impact compared to the peak of #COVID19 a few years ago, but it’s still a global health threat and it’s still a pandemic causing far too many (re)infections, | 7.2× | 328k | 1.1k | 264 | 131 |
| 13 | Jan 6, '23 | Wear a mask | 7.1× | 321k | 1.1k | 435 | 39 |
| 14 | Mar 29, '24 | For the last few years, @WHO and @CERN have been developing a risk assessment tool to estimate indoor airborne transmission of #SARSCoV2 to better advise on risk mitigation measure | 7.0× | 317k | 1.1k | 426 | 462 |
| 15 | Dec 30, '23 | Short 🧵 From limited number of countries reporting, there has been a 35% ⬆️ in #COVID19 hospitalizations and ICU admission in the last month. SARS-CoV-2, influenza and other respi | 6.7× | 303k | 1.1k | 520 | 127 |
| 16 | Jun 26, '21 | . @WHO Urges Fully Vaccinated People To Continue Wearing Masks As Delta Variant Spreads | 6.7× | 0 | 2.9k | 2k | 95 |
| 17 | Jan 11, '24 | Sadly at the end of 2023, we passed the 7 million mark for the number of #COVID19 deaths reported to @WHO. 7,010,586 to be exact. The true death toll is higher, with estimates of a | 6.3× | 289k | 1.7k | 867 | 291 |
| 18 | May 7, '23 | More details on #COVID19 @WHO ⬇️ While the emergency is over, COVID is not. The virus is evolving, there will be more waves of infection. We need to continue to prevent infections, | 6.2× | 284k | 761 | 325 | 73 |
| 19 | Jun 14, '22 | We are playing fire with this virus… I understand that the world wants to be done with the #COVID19 pandemic, but such intense circulation will lead to more variants. Even with cur | 6.1× | 0 | 3.3k | 1.4k | 145 |
| 20 | Dec 19, '23 | 🆕 @WHO TAG-VE Risk Evaluation of JN.1 Due to its rapidly increasing spread, WHO is classifying JN.1 as a separate variant of interest (VOI) from the parent lineage BA.2.86. It was | 6.1× | 277k | 726 | 346 | 113 |
| 21 | Jun 19, '22 | We are not yet living with #COVID19 responsibly. Not even close. Short🧵 ↗️People are dying unnecessarily ↗️Millions infected each week ↗️Billions not fully vaccinated ↗️Lives & | 5.9× | 0 | 3k | 1.4k | 140 |
| 22 | Jul 11, '21 | Am I supposed to be enjoying watching transmission happening in front of my eyes? The #COVID19 pandemic is not taking a break tonight… #SARSCoV2 #DeltaVariant will take advantage o | 5.6× | 0 | 3.1k | 851 | 54 |
| 23 | Jul 3, '24 | Quite a few countries showing increasing trends of #COVID19 infections. Make sure your vaccinations are up to date and take precautions to avoid infection. Be safe, stay safe. Be k | 5.6× | 256k | 903 | 337 | 115 |
| 24 | Aug 20, '22 | Millions have died from #COVID19 since the start of this pandemic and 15000 are still dying each week. 15000 mothers, daughters, fathers, sons, brothers, sisters, friends… people w | 5.3× | 0 | 2.9k | 1.2k | 192 |
| 25 | Aug 26, '23 | Globally, there large numbers of #SARSCoV2 infections/ re-infections each week, hundreds of thousands estimated in hospital and thousands dying, many suffering from #LongCOVID… gov | 5.3× | 242k | 1.6k | 659 | 152 |
| 26 | Aug 21, '23 | Helpful to see articles about BA.2.86 and EG.5 being published, but I disagree that this has caught scientists by surprise… It has not. This is exactly why we have surveillance, se | 5.3× | 239k | 824 | 214 | 67 |
| 27 | Sep 6, '22 | “The pandemic is not yet over. The virus is still circulating and still changing...If the pandemic has taught us nothing else, it has taught us that health is the most precious com | 5.0× | 0 | 3.3k | 970 | 73 |
| 28 | Dec 20, '23 | 🙏 @CIDRAP for covering this Just wanted to highlight that universal masking in health facilities is not a new @WHO rec for #COVID19 (this has been our rec for years). In our notic | 4.6× | 210k | 746 | 295 | 98 |
| 29 | Jan 4, '22 | Omicron is NOT the common cold. While some reports show a reduced risk of hospitalisation of Omicron compared to Delta, there are still far too many people infected, in hospital si | 4.6× | 0 | 2.6k | 1.1k | 51 |
| 30 | Feb 16, '22 | Asking for a friend: how many “wake up” calls do we need to know that the world must better deal with current pandemic — that is not over — and take actions now to be better prepar | 4.2× | 0 | 3k | 721 | 26 |
| 31 | Mar 30, '23 | . @WHO: New #Omicron Subvariant XBB.1.16 Is ‘One to Watch’ | Health News | U.S. News | 4.2× | 191k | 683 | 322 | 95 |
| 32 | Jan 7, '23 | There is a lot you can do to keep you and your loved ones safe from #COVID19. Please be safe & live your life. Get vaccinated/boosted (esp older people), wear a mask when aroun | 4.2× | 191k | 754 | 313 | 38 |
| 33 | Aug 2, '23 | . @WHO continues to urge Member States to maintain, not dismantle, established #COVID19 infrastructure: sustain surveillance & reporting, variant tracking, early clinical care | 4.0× | 184k | 928 | 445 | 108 |
| 34 | Aug 7, '22 | The next weeks & months are critical to be vigilant for #COVID19 As individuals: get vaccinated and take measures to reduce risk of (re)infection. Mask indoors when around othe | 4.0× | 0 | 2.3k | 727 | 97 |
| 35 | Nov 26, '21 | I thank researchers from 🇿🇦 and 🇧🇼 for sharing information with @WHO & the world about B.1.1.529 variant that has been recently detected. We will convene our TAG-VE again t | 3.8× | 0 | 2.4k | 862 | 50 |
| 36 | Nov 7, '21 | The trajectory of the pandemic is in our hands. It has always been in our hands. What happens now & into 2022 is up to us. Collectively, we can end the #COVID19 pandemic throug | 3.8× | 0 | 1.8k | 742 | 74 |
| 37 | Apr 22, '21 | Enough with personal attacks. I can take a lot, but it’s enough. I am a scientist. In my work, we work with 1000s, we follow the whole of science. We update regularly. Stop retweet | 3.7× | 0 | 3.5k | 271 | 57 |
| 38 | Jun 19, '22 | … Far too many countries have abandoned public health measures (masks indoors, distance), not invested (ventilation, PPE, HCW), continue to politicize #COVID19 undermining the effe | 3.6× | 0 | 2.1k | 738 | 52 |
| 39 | Jun 24, '24 | Despite not being in the news, #COVID19 has not gone away. @WHO continues to work with all countries on surveillance, reporting & risk assessments of circulating variants (JN.1 | 3.4× | 154k | 1.2k | 462 | 221 |
| 40 | Dec 31, '23 | I’m worried that too many think #COVID19 is not something to worry about, that they need a new variant with a Greek letter to take this virus seriously. When we need to assign a Gr | 3.2× | 147k | 861 | 128 | 44 |
| 41 | Nov 28, '21 | How many wake up calls do we need to learn that vaccinating people who are most vulnerable to #COVID19 in ALL countries is what is epidemiologically, ethically and economically the | 3.2× | 0 | 2.3k | 627 | 17 |
| 42 | Aug 30, '21 | Quick thread on the C.1.2 variant that has been in the news and on twitter today… First remember that the more the virus spreads the more opportunity it has to change. We have the | 3.1× | 0 | 1.7k | 645 | 149 |
| 43 | Dec 21, '23 | 🧵Along with #COVID19, mycoplasma pneumonia, rinovirus, influenza & other respiratory diseases are rampant around the world. Some countries are reporting increasing hospital ad | 3.0× | 139k | 706 | 236 | 76 |
| 44 | Aug 16, '23 | . #COVID19 is not gone. The virus continues to evolve & more variants will emerge. We need better surveillance to track known & detect new variants. @WHO will analyse & | 2.9× | 134k | 802 | 299 | 34 |
| 45 | Aug 2, '23 | Clarification: In our #COVID19 global epi reports, we provide info on # of countries reporting cases to @WHO. This does NOT mean there are no cases in countries, it means they are | 2.9× | 130k | 968 | 356 | 98 |
| 46 | Mar 20, '22 | What happens when we allow the virus to circulate at such an intense level.👇The virus continues to evolve and more variants are expected. Recombinants are also expected… as we hav | 2.8× | 0 | 1.4k | 695 | 78 |
| 47 | Nov 26, '21 | Following the meeting of the @WHO TAG-VE today, WHO classifies B.1.1.529 as a variant of concern named Omicron. We call for increased surveillance and genetic testing & thank � | 2.6× | 0 | 1.3k | 601 | 35 |
| 48 | Nov 12, '21 | The #COVID19 pandemic is not over. | 2.6× | 0 | 1.8k | 494 | 9 |
| 49 | Dec 31, '23 | It’s marked by complacency. I will never accept that there is an “acceptable level of dearth” (something I’m asked) for #COVID19. We are talking about people, parents, children, pe | 2.6× | 118k | 1.2k | 239 | 57 |
| 50 | Dec 11, '21 | This virus is formidable… Don’t wait to act. Double down…reduce the spread of all variants inc Delta & Omicron, increase #COVID19 vaccination in at risk groups in ALL countries | 2.3× | 0 | 1.3k | 495 | 19 |
| 51 | Jan 11, '22 | 🆕@WHO #COVID19 Epi update We had to change the scale of the epi curve bc of ⬆️ in cases reported last week: 15 million cases; 43461 deaths: Each tragic. Omicron is not mild Omicro | 2.2× | 0 | 983 | 613 | 51 |
| 52 | Dec 28, '21 | Wear a mask. Properly. Even if you’re vaccinated. Make sure it’s well made 3 ply, well fitting, and covers both your nose and mouth. The pandemic will end… but we need your help. # | 2.2× | 0 | 1.5k | 419 | 18 |
| 53 | Jul 6, '21 | I’m struggling with how best to stress how fragile the global situation is, so I’ll be blunt: Each week >2.6 million cases and >53,000 deaths are reported to @WHO Reported, m | 2.2× | 0 | 1.1k | 574 | 68 |
| 54 | Feb 20, '22 | BA.2 is already a VOC. It is Omicron. | 2.2× | 0 | 1.7k | 224 | 43 |
| 55 | Apr 15, '22 | New Disease Outbreak News from @WHO: Acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology – the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.2× | 0 | 932 | 571 | 94 |
| 56 | Jun 19, '22 | What keeps me up at night is the complacency, people suffering, death, the dismantling of surveillance, testing, sequencing, workforce… Pandemic preparedness should be happening no | 2.2× | 0 | 1.6k | 379 | 23 |
| 57 | Mar 11, '23 | I know the world wants so desperately for the #COVID19 pandemic to be over. I do too. But we aren’t done yet and this virus isn’t done with us yet. It is here to stay and we can do | 2.2× | 98k | 996 | 318 | 58 |
| 58 | Mar 1, '22 | All future scenarios of #COVID19 need to take into account Post COVID-19 condition (#LongCovid) and provide the care for people that they need, everywhere. Get vaccinated, prevent | 2.1× | 0 | 1.3k | 506 | 45 |
| 59 | Jan 30 | 🧵#COVID19: six years on 1/ Six years ago today, @WHO declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC)- the highest level of alarm | 2.1× | 96k | 443 | 160 | 137 |
| 60 | Mar 1, '22 | During these difficult times, take measures—as best as you can —to reduce your exposure, prevent infection and reduce the spread of #COVID19 Get vaccinated, wear a well fitted mask | 2.1× | 0 | 1.3k | 479 | 8 |
| 61 | Jan 3, '22 | “Vaccines AND” is not a catch phrase from @WHO. We have said from the beginning: a comprehensive, tailored, multi-layered approach to control transmission, save lives & livelih | 2.0× | 0 | 1.3k | 397 | 23 |
| 62 | Jan 11, '24 | . #COVID19 is still a global threat & we can’t wish it away What to do: Limit your exposure as much as you can. Test, mask, ventilate, get boosted/vaccinated… If you get (re)in | 1.9× | 88k | 676 | 297 | 86 |
| 63 | Jan 19, '23 | Protecting yourself by seeking the very thing that harms you is extremely dangerous. Even if you don’t get severely ill with COVID-19 and die, you could pass it on to someone who w | 1.9× | 88k | 1.1k | 341 | 45 |
| 64 | Feb 1, '22 | If Omicron is less severe, why are COVID-19 deaths rising? | World Economic Forum | 1.9× | 0 | 1k | 430 | 76 |
| 65 | Jan 5, '22 | Yes, oversimplified narratives can be dangerous. While we see lower risk of hospitalisation compared to Delta, to suggest that Omicron is “just a mild” disease is dangerous. Case # | 1.8× | 0 | 973 | 470 | 29 |
| 66 | Nov 28, '21 | Update on Omicron from @WHO | 1.8× | 0 | 864 | 487 | 42 |
| 67 | Nov 26, '21 | Please keep perspective. We have a new VOC Omicron, but do not forget that VOC Delta is dominant worldwide & people are drying unnecessarily because we do not have #VaccinEquit | 1.8× | 0 | 1k | 424 | 18 |
| 68 | Apr 23, '22 | 🆕 @WHO Disease Outbreak News: Multi-Country – Acute, severe hepatitis of unknown origin in children As of 21 April, 169 cases (aged 1 month to 16 years old) reported in 🇬🇧 🇪🇸 | 1.7× | 0 | 731 | 444 | 66 |
| 69 | Oct 19, '22 | Update on #Omicron, including what we know about XBB & BQ.1.1 ⬇️ Bottom line: >300 sublineages of Omicron are circulating globally right now and most (~76%) are BA.5 subline | 1.7× | 0 | 791 | 375 | 82 |
| 70 | Jan 21, '22 | To suggest that #Omicron will be the last variant is unwise…this virus is circulating at a very intense level around the 🌎 & it’s still evolving… Absolutely critical we contin | 1.6× | 0 | 1k | 378 | 11 |
| 71 | Nov 27, '21 | Pls don’t panic & be assured that scientists from around the world are hard working on Delta & Omicron. We will share info as soon as it’s available. You as individuals hav | 1.6× | 0 | 988 | 347 | 16 |
| 72 | Apr 30, '20 | @WHO reviews all available evidence & has healthy, constructive debates w/ our global expert networks on clinical management, virology & lab, IPC, epi, modelling, etc. to d | 1.6× | 0 | 926 | 294 | 22 |
| 73 | Jul 9, '21 | PHSM does not mean “lockdown”. All governments need to implement clear, targeted, tailored and agile response actions. Access to tools remains key. This is tough, no doubt, but we | 1.5× | 0 | 1.3k | 230 | 13 |
| 74 | Dec 31, '23 | We can’t forget those who died alone and the people dying now- thousands each week. The hundreds of thousands in hospital right now fighting for their lives. Those suffering from # | 1.5× | 69k | 1.1k | 215 | 25 |
| 75 | Aug 14, '21 | It’s not just the Delta variant … it’s delta in the context of these other factors… #COVID19 @WHO | 1.5× | 0 | 838 | 391 | 22 |
| 76 | Jul 10, '22 | Reality check👇 #COVID19 deaths globally are at a similar level to March 2020. While deaths are now much lower than they have been at their peaks over the last 2.5 yrs, we must rem | 1.5× | 0 | 718 | 374 | 51 |
| 77 | Dec 31, '23 | The legacy of #COVID19 must be strengthened health systems, with agility to scale up and down, to protect communities and health workers, improve the air we breathe, to provide acc | 1.4× | 64k | 1.1k | 218 | 37 |
| 78 | Dec 10, '22 | Please take care. #COVID19, flu, RSV & other pathogens are circulating at very high rates right now. Use all available tools to keep you & your loved ones safe: vaccinate,m | 1.4× | 0 | 655 | 357 | 31 |
| 79 | Mar 15, '22 | We @WHO recognise the tremendous desire to move on from #COVID19, the difficulties to keep fighting & the enormous toll this has taken on our lives. However, the pandemic will | 1.3× | 0 | 792 | 298 | 30 |
| 80 | Jan 15, '22 | How do we live in a world where this is enabled, accepted, tolerated? | 1.3× | 0 | 798 | 299 | 23 |
| 81 | Jan 6, '22 | I’m actually struck by how many people are wearing masks inappropriately… wearing a mask under your nose, below your chin, off your ear is useless… Please wear a well fitted, well | 1.2× | 0 | 725 | 242 | 11 |
| 82 | Jan 25, '22 | Congratulations @DrTedros on your nomination for DG of @WHO for a second term. It is such a privilege to work with you and all of the incredible WHO employees worldwide. | 1.2× | 0 | 783 | 259 | 2 |
| 83 | Dec 31, '23 | I’m worried we so badly want to move on that govts, many of whom have new leadership and have moved on, will forget the overflowing hospitals, the tents in parking lots for the sic | 1.2× | 54k | 1k | 166 | 35 |
| 84 | Apr 22, '21 | We can end this pandemic together. We will end this pandemic together. The fight is against the virus, not each other, and we are in this together. We have public health and medica | 1.2× | 0 | 1.1k | 118 | 3 |
| 85 | Dec 31, '23 | It’s marked by co-circulation of many other pathogens eg flu, mycoplasma, RSV, etc. Cases and hospitalisations for #COVID19 have been on the rise for months. Hospitals in many coun | 1.2× | 53k | 783 | 128 | 31 |
| 86 | Jul 31, '21 | Let’s be careful about comparing Delta with other pathogens, it’s not helpful. Delta is the most transmissible SARS-CoV-2 variant yet, BUT you can ⬇️ exposure & protect yoursel | 1.1× | 0 | 778 | 225 | 11 |
| 87 | Nov 20, '21 | I’ll add one line they forgot to include: Vaccines AND, not vaccines only. - @WHO Europe is learning a crucial lesson -- vaccines work, but they alone won't stop Covid now - | 1.1× | 0 | 632 | 229 | 20 |
| 88 | Dec 31, '23 | Governments must not be complacent, individuals must not be complacent. We have all gone through something traumatic with #COVID19. The world shut down, we lost millions of our lov | 1.1× | 48k | 977 | 157 | 36 |
| 89 | Jun 19, '22 | …This also results in too many deaths (4% ⬆️ from last week globally), more #LongCOVID, more health worker burnout, further inequities in access and care… …and this risks more vari | 1.0× | 0 | 811 | 170 | 11 |
| 90 | Dec 18, '21 | As we end one year & start another, remember that we will get through this These last two years have been beyond difficult. As we enter the third year of the #COVID19 pandemic, | 1.0× | 0 | 720 | 158 | 23 |
| 91 | Sep 3, '21 | A sad, hard lesson that many of us have been trying to “teach” since the beginning of this pandemic… | 1.0× | 0 | 720 | 187 | 17 |
| 92 | Nov 30, '21 | I wonder how much time has been wasted on discussing the new #COVID19 variant name Omicron, when everyone could have been using that time to be more focused on saving lives and end | 1.0× | 0 | 698 | 158 | 6 |
| 93 | Aug 7, '22 | Governments: reinforce surveillance, testing, sequencing, access to treatments & O2, vaccinate all at risk, surge capacities and PPE, invest in ventilation & in a strong pr | 1.0× | 0 | 653 | 155 | 11 |
| 94 | Dec 31, '23 | To ensure we have comprehensive surveillance & sequencing systems that allow robust risk assessment to inform & empower people with good info. To protect & advance scie | 0.9× | 43k | 669 | 79 | 15 |
| 95 | Oct 2, '21 | Does anyone else draft tweets and not hit “tweet”? | 0.8× | 0 | 764 | 17 | 3 |
| 96 | May 19, '21 | Every single scientist and public health professional I know wants nothing more than this pandemic to end. And we are working to the best of our abilities to end it. | 0.8× | 0 | 653 | 105 | 6 |
| 97 | Dec 31, '23 | These memories -still fresh- need to fuel & finance better health systems, equity, pandemic preparedness for current (#COVID19) & future threats IN THE CONTEXT of all of ou | 0.7× | 34k | 699 | 83 | 14 |
| 98 | Dec 31, '23 | The #COVID19 pandemic was not normal. It didn’t have to be this bad… and this wasn’t even the worst pandemic we need to prepare for. So let’s talk the positive and the future becau | 0.7× | 33k | 645 | 70 | 25 |
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