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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke at the regular press conference broadcast from WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
“The death of our elderly is a moral bankruptcy,” he said, emphasizing that “accepting that the death of the elderly is not so important is the greatest moral turpitude.”
“We cannot allow it, we have to take care of each other,” he said.
The WHO leader also recalled, for those who minimize the effects of the pandemic and take to the streets in protest against the restrictions and without protection, that the coronavirus that causes the respiratory disease covid-19 “is real, very dangerous, has the capacity enough to spread and is lethal. “
“We must do everything in our power to protect ourselves and protect others,” he stressed, reiterating the call for solidarity from all countries to stop the pandemic.
According to Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, it will be necessary “to row in the same direction to put an end to this fatal virus.” The “balance” between the reopening of economies and health protection, although “fragile, is possible.”
For the director general of the WHO, if the risk of transmission of the virus “is high”, “it is best to avoid massive events.” He gave as an example football matches, which, in his opinion, should continue to be played in stadiums behind closed doors.
The reopening of uncontrolled companies “is a recipe for misfortune”
The director general of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned today that the “uncontrolled” reopening of societies and economies “is a recipe for misfortune”, recalling that the covid-19 pandemic has not ended.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus spoke at the regular press conference broadcast from WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
“We understand that people are tired and want to go on with their lives, we understand that countries want to reopen their societies and economies. The WHO also wants, supports the reopening of economies and societies,” he said, warning that “opening without control is a recipe for perdition “.
According to the WHO leader, “the more control countries have over the virus” that causes the respiratory disease covid-19, “the more they are capable of opening” their economy and society, conditioned by the effects of the spread of the infection.
“We want children to go back to school and people to return to their workplace, but we want this to happen safely,” he stressed, noting that the pandemic “is not over” and that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus ” It spreads rapidly and can be fatal to people of all ages. “
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus recalled that “most people are still susceptible” to infection.
The covid-19 pandemic has already claimed at least 847,071 deaths and infected more than 25.2 million people in 196 countries and territories, according to a report by the French news agency AFP.
In Portugal, 1,822 people died of the 58,012 confirmed as infected, according to the most recent bulletin from the Directorate General of Health.
Covid-19 is caused by a new coronavirus (type of virus) detected in late December in Wuhan, a city in central China.
(Article updated at 9:09 pm)
