he said this today at a briefing in Geneva. “The who has received reports of nearly 7 million cases of infection with coronavirus in the world and almost 400 thousand dead”, – quotes the words of the Director General of who TASS. However, Ghebreyesus said that in Europe the situation is getting better.
In the last ten days in the world of daily recorded more than 100 thousand new cases. On Sunday, more than 136 thousand people in one day. Most new cases in America and South Asia. Also in the who record new cases COVID-19 in areas of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. And all because of the fact that countries remove restrictions. Complacency, according to the head who is now a major threat. “We continue to call for active surveillance,” said he. And added that it is particularly important to observe sanitary measures during mass gatherings of a different sort that begin to recur in many countries.
On 9 June, the who convenes online advice on contact tracing disease COVID-19, to share technical and operating experiences in this field.