MOSCOW, 14 APR — RIA Novosti. Who Director-General Dr tedros adhanom Ghebreyesus compared the risk COVID-19 and swine flu.
According to him, during the period of swine flu pandemic, which lasted from January 2009 to August 2010, contracted about 1.6 million people. However, only 18 449 cases being fatal. Of ghebreyesus stressed that the number of victims of coronavirus has already exceeded that figure ten times.
“We know that COVID-19 is rapidly spreading, and we know that it is deadly — ten times more dangerous than the deadly flu pandemic of 2009”, — quotes Gebreyesus Independent.
the Director General of the who said that to stop the rapid spread of coronavirus infection is possible through early detection of infection, testing, isolation and contact tracing.
the world health organization on 11 March announced the outbreak of a new coronavirus infection COVID-19 pandemic. According to the latest who data, there have been recorded more than 1.7 million infections, over 110 thousand people died.
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