World Health warns of deterioration of the Corona pandemic in several countries, including 4 Arabs

The World Health Organization warned of the deterioration of the epidemiological situation due to the pandemic of the new Corona virus in countries with weak health systems and that are witnessing ongoing military conflicts, including 4 Arab countries.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tidros Adnum Ghebrysos, confirmed at a press conference on Friday that the pandemic remains a general international emergency, expressing “serious concerns about the potential impact of the virus at a time when propagation begins at an accelerated rate in countries with systems. ” Weak health. “

“As we have clearly done from the beginning, we will continue to ask states to implement a comprehensive package of measures to find, isolate, examine, treat and track every related case,” said Gabrius.

For his part, the Director of the Emergency Program of the World Health Organization, Mike Ryan, stressed during the press conference: “We are concerned about conditions in countries in conflict and with many unprotected groups of people, refugees and individuals displaced. “

“In the past few weeks, we have been monitoring a worrying increase in cases registered in Haiti, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, the Central African Republic and northern Nigeria,” said Ryan.

“We are concerned about the potential impact of the disease on communities that are simply experiencing many difficulties. This is a problem for the international community,” he added.

“We work with our partners to ensure access for all local groups of people to monitor the situation and take necessary action,” said Ryan. “We must remember that these people have faced great suffering, we must find solutions and help resolve disputes to provide rapid assistance to these countries. We do not want to face proliferation.” Indiscriminate disease, especially in these areas. ”

Source: Agencies