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GENEVA (REUTERS) – Europe and North America must follow the example of Asian states by persevering in anti-Covid measures and quarantining anyone who comes into contact with infected people, said an expert from the World Health Organization ( WHO) on Monday (October 19).
The WHO European region, which includes Russia, has recorded as many as 8,500 deaths in the past week, and half of the countries have seen a 50 percent increase in cases, said Mike Ryan, the world’s leading emergency expert. agency, at a press conference.
In recent months, authorities in Australia, China, Japan and South Korea had reduced the spread by detecting cases, isolating them and quarantining contacts, he said.
Their populations had shown “higher levels of trust” in their governments, which had maintained the measures for longer.
“In other words, they ran through the finish line and beyond and kept running, because they knew the race was not over, that finish line was false. Too many countries have set an imaginary finish line and when they cross it they can having slowed down some of their activities, “Ryan said.
“In my opinion, the countries in Asia, South Asia and the Western Pacific that have been successful have really continued to carry out those key activities,” he added.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged authorities to persevere in the fight against the virus that has infected 40 million and killed more than 1 million, according to the latest Reuters tally.
“I know there is fatigue, but the virus has shown that when we let our guard down, it can reappear at breakneck speed and threaten hospitals and healthcare systems,” Tedros said.
Kim Sledge of the band Sister Sledge will donate proceeds from a special version of the hit song “We Are Family” to WHO, the agency said.
Sledge said the song’s message had personal meaning during the pandemic: “Because I have two members of my family, my husband and my daughter, who are doctors, who are on the front lines.”
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