U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened this virtual assemblage of world leaders with a stark warning. He said nations were likely to face a future of fear and insecurity unless the spread of the deadly ailment was stopped everywhere. The coronavirus causes the COVID-19 disease
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In the wake of easing lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in several hard-hit countries, Michael Ryan Executive Director of the WHO’s Health Emergencies Programme said ”as countries open up their economies and open up the societies, and as they look at different gatherings, be their religious or social gatherings that occur, they’ve got to calibrate the risks associated with those gatherings, which are based on how much virus is circulating in the area..
Health experts had warned of a possible surge in cases if millions of people travel to their home villages. Indonesia has more than 6,700 confirmed coronavirus cases with about 600 deaths
Protests have erupted in some countries where wide restrictions are still in effect, including the United States and Russia. U.S. demonstrators have called on governors in several states to let them return to work, with President Donald Trump voicing support for the protesters
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), holds a virtual briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic
On the situation in Africa, Ryan said, “we are there every day of every week of every year working hand in hand with our colleagues of Ministry of Health and our other partners in the UN system. We’ve been beefing up our support, strengthen our country office, and again supporting on clinical, medical and laboratory science.”
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The Director-General noted that he was declaring the public health emergency of international concern not because of what is happening in China, “but because of what is happening in other countries” adding that WHO’s greatest concern is “the potential for the virus to spread to countries with weaker health systems, and which are ill-prepared to deal with it.”