Dr. Margaret Harris, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization, recently said that there may be no evidence of a second COVID-19 wave, and that the disease is really offering a big wave.
Harris said the COVID-19 pandemic is “a big wave” and not a seasonal virus.
“We are in the first wave. It will be a great wave. It’s going to go up and down a little bit. The best thing is to flatten it and turn it into something that licks your feet, ”he said.
Harris said people should apply all of the recommended measures (social distancing, wearing face masks, avoiding large gatherings) to help limit the risk.
The seasons, he said, don’t matter.
“People are still thinking about the seasons. What we all need to understand is that this is a new virus and … it behaves differently, “he said.” Summer is a problem. This virus likes all weather. “
According to Reuters, Harris said there has not yet been a large number of flu. This could mean that the flu season starts later than usual.
“If you have an increase in respiratory disease when you already have a very high burden of respiratory disease, that puts even more pressure on the health system,” he said.
Leading experts said the “second wave” may not be fully applicable to entire countries, but to local areas, The Guardian reports.
“‘Second wave’ is not a term we would use (in epidemiology) at this time, since the virus has not disappeared, it is in our population, it has spread to 188 countries so far, and what we are seeing now is essentially spikes localized or localized return of a large number of cases, “said Linda Bauld, professor of public health at the University of Edinburgh.
