WHO head declares threat to achievements in fight against coronavirus

Achievements in the fight against coronavirus in the world are under threat or have already been lost, said Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Tedros Adan Ghebreyesus, whose words are reported by TASS.

During a speech at a briefing in Geneva, he drew attention to the increase in the incidence of coronavirus in the world.

“In five of the six WHO regions, COVID-19 infection has increased by 80% over the past four weeks, or almost doubled. In Africa, mortality has increased by 80%, ”he said.

According to the head of WHO, the increase in the incidence of coronavirus is due to the increase in mobility and contacts of people, as well as the inappropriate use of both social and sanitary measures.

“What was hard to achieve [в борьбе с пандемией], has been threatened or lost, and health systems in many countries are overloaded, ”Gebreyesus said.

According to Johns Hopkins University, there are 196,829,525 cases of coronavirus worldwide. 4,202,467 people died.

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