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FILE PHOTO: A logo is displayed at the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 25, 2020. REUTERS / Denis Balibouse / File photo
GENEVA – Even if countries see a drop in coronavirus cases, they should remain vigilant, Maria Van Kerkhove, the World Health Organization’s technical leader for COVID-19, said on Friday.
“What we don’t want to see are situations where you are moving from a blockade to controlling (the virus) and to another blockade,” he told a virtual briefing in Geneva.
Nearly 61 million people are reported to be infected with the coronavirus worldwide and 1.4 million have died, according to a Reuters tally.
“It is in our power to keep transmission low,” he said. “We have seen dozens of countries show us that it can be controlled and kept under control.”
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