Lifting lockdowns could find virus 'reignite'
The head of the World Wellbeing Organization (WHO) has warned against complacency in the fight the coronavirus, saying the condition "will be around for a long period".
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus as well warned of upward trends in Covid-19 conditions in Africa, Eastern European countries, Central America and South America.
He said that lifting lockdowns might lead to infections to "reignite".
Dr Tedros as well defended the WHO's handling of the pandemic.
He said he believed the UN company had warned the community of Covid-19 early enough.
"Looking back I think we declared the emergency at the proper time so when the community had plenty of time to respond," he told a good daily briefing found in Geneva. The WHO declared Covid-19 a Consumer Health Crisis of International Concern on 30 January and explained it had turn into a pandemic on 11 March.
Although many governments have praised the agency for its work, Dr Tedros has faced most calls to resign over the crisis, particularly from a number of US politicians.
When asked about calls for his resignation, Dr Tedros said he'd keep working "night and day" to save lots of lives.
There have been a lot more than 2.6 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 globally and a lot more than 181,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University in america.
What did the WHO state?
Addressing the news headlines briefing, Dr Tedros explained that while the majority of the epidemics in Western Europe were stable or in decline, for most countries the condition was just starting out.
"And some (countries) which were affected early on in the pandemic are now starting to visit a resurgence in instances," he said.
"Make no mistake - we've quite a distance to head out. This virus will be with us for a long time."
He added: "There is absolutely no question that stay-at-house orders and other physical distancing procedures have successfully suppressed transmission in lots of countries. But this virus is always extremely dangerous.
"Early evidence suggests almost all of the world's people remains susceptible. Which means epidemics may easily reignite.
"One of the biggest dangers we face now could be complacency."
Speaking together with him, executive director Dr Mike Ryan explained that for large events such as for example sports fittings to resume there would need to be a "new public contract" between the consumer and governments. He said people would have to accept "there is absolutely no such thing as zero risk".
Earlier the united kingdom government's chief medical adviser warned that the UK would need to live with lots of disruptive community measures for at least all of those other time. Prof Chris Whitty stated it was "wholly unrealistic" to expect life would suddenly return to normal soon.
