Pandemic ‘is Not Even Close to Being Over’, Warns WHO Chief Tedros
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of Global Well being Group (WHO), attends a information convention in Geneva, Switzerland, June 25, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
International locations may just battle the unfold of the illness by way of trying out, keeping apart showed instances and monitoring their contacts, head of the WHO’s emergencies programme, Mike Ryan mentioned.
- Reuters Geneva
- Final Up to date: June 29, 2020, 10:41 PM IST
The COVID-19 pandemic isn’t even on the subject of being over, Global Well being Group leader Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus informed a briefing on Monday.
Tedros famous that, six months after China first alerted the WHO to a unique breathing an infection, the awful milestones of 10 million showed infections and 500,000 deaths have been reached.
“Most of the people stay inclined, the virus nonetheless has numerous room to transport,” he mentioned.
“All of us need this to be over. All of us need to get on with our lives. However the exhausting fact is that this isn’t even on the subject of being over. Even supposing many nations have made some development globally, the pandemic is in truth dashing up.”
The top of the WHO’s emergencies programme, Mike Ryan, informed the briefing that incredible development have been made against discovering a protected and efficient vaccine to stop an infection, however there was once nonetheless no ensure the trouble would prevail.
Within the period in-between, international locations may just battle the unfold of the illness by way of trying out, keeping apart showed instances and monitoring their contacts, he mentioned. He singled out Japan, South Korea and Germany for his or her “complete, sustained technique” towards the virus.
The WHO plans to convene a gathering this week to evaluate development in analysis against preventing the illness, Tedros mentioned.
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