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07:34 pm
Monday, August 31, 2020
Agencies:
The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that the world organization supports the relaxation of the measures imposed by Coron, provided that the necessary precautions are taken to prevent a disaster.
We want children to go back to school and people to go to their jobs, but we want it to happen safely … and as long as countries can take control. “For a virus, whenever it can open, opening uncontrollably is a recipe for disaster.
He said countries should take at least four basic steps before returning to normal life. In particular, to limit the transmission of the virus to large groups of people. These injuries are recorded at group events, including nightclubs, sports arenas, and large religious gatherings.
The Director General of the Organization affirmed that it is important to protect the groups most vulnerable to the virus to reduce the mortality rate, as well as the importance of all people contributing to improve public safety through the use of masks, distance and distance. handwashing.
He stressed that the fourth step is that the authorities must take measures to identify, isolate and treat the wounded, as well as track the people who have mixed with them.
According to WHO data, the official number of global coronavirus cases is now five times higher than the number of acute influenza cases registered annually.
More than 840,000 deaths have been recorded worldwide. The deaths of the new Crown thus exceeded the maximum rates of deaths related to influenza, which range between 290 thousand and 650 thousand.
The highest number of infections is concentrated in Latin America, but some countries in the region have begun to show a slight decrease in the number of daily increases.
Health experts stress that official data almost certainly does not reflect all cases of Covid-19 infection and death, especially in countries where the chances of testing are decreasing.
