Mike Ryan, Government Director of the World Well being Organisation (WHO)
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The world has a “lengthy, lengthy solution to go” to convey the coronavirus pandemic beneath management, regardless of tentative steps in lots of international locations to start restarting regular life, the World Well being Group’s prime emergencies skilled warned on Wednesday.
- Reuters Geneva
- Final Up to date: Could 13, 2020, 11:46 PM IST
Mike Ryan, the pinnacle of the World Well being Group emergencies program, on Wednesday instructed reporters that the novel coronavirus could grow to be “one other endemic virus in our communities. And this virus could by no means go away.”
The world has a “lengthy, lengthy solution to go” to convey the coronavirus pandemic beneath management, regardless of tentative steps in lots of international locations to start restarting regular life, the World Well being Group’s prime emergencies skilled warned on Wednesday.
Dr Mike Ryan mentioned dangers from COVID-19, the respiratory sickness attributable to the novel coronavirus, remained excessive at “nationwide, regional and world ranges.”
He mentioned that “very important management” of the virus was required in an effort to decrease the present threat evaluation.
Governments world wide are scuffling with the query of the best way to reopen their economies whereas nonetheless containing the virus, which has contaminated 4.29 million folks, in keeping with a Reuters tally, and led to over 290,000 deaths.
“There’s some magical considering occurring that lockdowns work completely and that unlocking lockdowns will go nice. Each are fraught with risks,” Ryan warned.
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