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The next few months will be very difficult in the fight against coronavirus, said the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adanom Gebreyesus, as quoted by TASS, reported BTA.
The world has reached a critical juncture in the fight against the pandemic, especially in the northern hemisphere, Gebreyesus warned at a briefing in Geneva. “The next few months will be very difficult and some countries are following a dangerous path,” he stressed. The WHO Director-General noted that “too many countries have faced a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases,” so hospitals are close to capacity or have already exhausted them, although “it is only October. “. .
Gebreyesus called on state leaders to take immediate action to prevent increased deaths, the collapse of health systems and the closure of schools. To this end, many measures must be taken, with a fair analysis of the situation in individual countries and a rapid adjustment of measures to control the coronavirus if the number of infected increases. In addition, it is necessary to inform the public “honestly and clearly” about the real situation and help citizens and companies to overcome difficulties, called the WHO director general.
Gebreyesus emphasized that in several countries, medical facilities lack oxygen. “It is estimated that some of the poorest countries appear to have only 5 to 20 percent of the oxygen needed to treat patients,” he said. 445,419 people have been infected in the last 24 hours, the highest number since the start of the pandemic. The previous highest number (429,411 cases) was recorded on Thursday.
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