WHO: Due to COVID-19, the average life expectancy of people has decreased by almost two years, the risk of these diseases including obesity has also increased
More than four years have passed since the global corona pandemic. During this time, the variants of corona have mutated several times and symptoms ranging from mild to severe were reported in the infected. The threat of corona is still not over. According to recent reports, the virus has mutated once again, due to which the new sub-variant generated is seen increasing infection in many countries. According to local media reports from Singapore, more than 90 percent increase in corona cases has been reported here in just two weeks.
Experts of the World Health Organization (WHO) have appealed to all people to continue taking precautions to prevent corona. The World Health Organization has also shared important information about the risks of corona. In the report, WHO said that global life expectancy has decreased by about two years due to COVID-19. Life expectancy is an estimate of the average number of additional years that a person of a certain age can expect to live.
Life expectancy has decreased
The World Health Organization said, better improvement was being seen in life expectancy in the last decade. However, it has declined due to Kovid-19. The United Nations Health Agency said in its report that the Kovid-19 epidemic has severely affected overall health, many types of diseases have also been seen developing in people due to infection. These circumstances have caused great damage to life expectancy.
Due to COVID-19, global life expectancy has fallen by 1.8 years to 71.4 years now. Life expectancy was around this in the year 2012 as well.
Impact of COVID-19 on overall health
World Health Organization researchers reported that COVID-19 has had the most profound impact on overall health and life expectancy than any other event in the last half century. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that these figures highlight the importance of strengthening global health security and promoting long-term investment in the health sector.
COVID-19 and death
The health organization’s report shows that more than 15.9 million (1.59 crore) people died during the initial phase of COVID during the year 2020-2021.
Health experts said that COVID-19 has been the leading cause of death during the pandemic. It was the third largest cause of death globally in 2020 and the second leading cause in 2021. The WHO report also highlights that a large number of people died due to non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as ischemic heart disease and stroke, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Alzheimer’s disease-dementia and diabetes.
Risk of overweight and malnutrition
WHO experts said that Corona has not only caused serious damage to health directly, but the conditions arising due to COVID-19 have also increased the burden of malnutrition worldwide. Additionally, in 2022, more than one billion people aged five years and above were living with obesity, while more than half a billion were underweight.
Malnutrition in children is also being seen as a serious health problem. All these conditions can affect overall health and increase the risk of premature death.
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