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Original title: WHO: Some countries are on a dangerous path before winter is full of hospitals. Source: Financial Associated Press
When the second wave of the new corona epidemic appeared in many countries, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tan Desai, issued a warning on Friday that some countries around the world are in a ` “ dangerous track ” and the high incidence of winter has not yet reached local hospitals. And the intensive care unit (ICU) has reached its maximum capacity or overload.
According to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, since the outbreak in late December last year, at 2:24 p.m. Saturday, the number of new global corona infections has risen to 42.21 million and the number of dead has reached 1.1443 million. . Among them, the number of new crown boxes in the United States and some European countries has increased rapidly recently.
Tan Desai pointed out in the press conference that “the number of cases in a considerable number of countries is increasing exponentially, which has caused hospitals and intensive care units to close fully or overload their operations, and we are only now in October”.
“We are at a critical moment in this epidemic, especially in the northern hemisphere,” he said, “the next few months will be very difficult and some countries are on a dangerous path.”
WHO officials warned last week that the coronavirus outbreak in Europe has been “concerning.” According to a situation report released by the World Health Organization on Tuesday, the area continued to report infections and the number of deaths increased rapidly, with new cases increasing by 25% in one week. France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the Czech Republic and Italy account for more than half of all reported cases.
In the United States, the outbreak in the Midwest has caused a significant increase in the number of new cases. On Thursday, the United States reported more than 71,600 new coronavirus infections, close to the daily record for infections set in late July.
“We urge the leaders of all countries to take immediate action to prevent further unnecessary deaths, prevent the collapse of necessary medical services and prevent schools from closing again,” Tedros said at the Geneva headquarters. “This is not an exercise.”
Dr. Mike Ryan, Executive Director of the World Health Organization’s Health Emergencies Program, said the second wave of infections “is not only possible, but also extremely possible anywhere in the world.” Ryan noted that some countries that can curb the outbreak have not “persisted in” testing, contact tracing, implementing quarantine measures, and implementing other measures to reduce the spread of the virus, resulting in a “return ” of the illness.
The World Health Organization noted that despite the recent surge in new cases, the number of deaths from coronavirus has remained relatively stable. However, the increase in the number of deaths is often delayed by several weeks with the increase in the number of infections. In the past seven days, the death toll in Europe, the eastern Mediterranean and Africa has started to rise.
Ryan said: “We need to prevent transmission, but we also need to focus on reducing the death toll. I have no doubt that the death toll will increase in the coming days.”
