世界卫生组织(World Health Organization，WHO)总干事谭德塞在2022年新年寄语中表示，他对人类在2022年战胜2019冠状病毒病(coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19)疫情持乐观态度，认为人类有望在这一年结束疫情。经过2年时间，目前全球COVID-19病例总数达到了2.87亿，近550万名患者丧生。在步入2022年之际，遏制严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2 (severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2)的传播仍然是人们日常生活的一部分，谭德塞总干事认为只要各国联手就可以抑制病毒蔓延。

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his New Year's message for 2022 is optimistic about mankind's victory over the new crown epidemic in 2022: mankind is expected to end the new crown epidemic in 2022. Although it has been two years, the total number of new coronary pneumonia (COVID-19) cases worldwide has now reached 287 million, and nearly 5.5 million patients have lost their lives. As we enter 2022, the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) is still a part of people's daily lives, and Director-General Tedros believes that as long as countries work together, the spread of the virus can be curbed.