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The World Health Organization has asked countries to show “extreme vigilance” by loosening the restrictions on Covid-19, as the US’s leading infectious disease expert. The US, Anthony Fauci, warned that the premature reopening of the US economy would cause “unnecessary suffering and death.”
WHO chief emergency officer Michael Ryan praised the gradual lifting of coronavirus blocks in some countries whose death and infection rates were declining, as a sign of “hope,” but cautioned that “extreme vigilance is required.”
He urged countries to increase their public health responses, making sure they can identify new cases, and track and isolate all contacts, which he said could help “avoid a major second wave.”
He also warned that while “many countries have made very systematic investments to develop their public health capacities during the blockades, others have not.”
“If the disease persists in low-level countries without the ability to investigate groups, identify groups, there is always a risk that the disease will take off again,” he said.
His statement came amid concern over new spikes in infection in South Korea and China.
Ryan’s message was echoed on Monday afternoon by Anthony Fauci, a key member of the U.S coronavirus team. Fauci told the New York Times that he intended to tell the Senate health, education, job and pension committee on Tuesday that Americans would experience “unnecessary suffering and death” if the country were to open prematurely.
“If we omit the checkpoints in the guidelines for” Open America again, “we risk multiple outbreaks across the country. This will not only result in unnecessary suffering and death, but will actually delay us in our quest to return. back to normal, ”Fauci said in an email.
Fauci had been a regular on that podium at White House briefings before Trump cut his primetime appearances in favor of the joint ones.
On Monday in the United States, which has the most cases of any country in the world, White House staff were instructed to wear face masks.
In NY, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said several regions (not New York City) could begin reopening their economies this weekend after meeting benchmarks that show they were “ready to go.” Factory workers began to return to automotive assembly lines in Michigan on Monday, fueling fears of a second wave of infections. The state has seen some of the loudest protests against the blockade, led by Democratic Mayor Gretchen Whitmer. In California, Elon Musk reopened his Tesla factory on Monday afternoon, defying closure laws.
In south korea, Cited as a beacon of success in fighting the virus, 94 cases have been connected to a group in the Seoul nightclub district that was visited on May 1 by a man in his 20s before testing positive for the virus. . Since mid-April, the country has been adding fewer than 15 cases per day, including some days when there were no domestic infections.
China on Monday reported only one new case and one suspicious case. Concerns had arisen the day before when 17 newly diagnosed cases were announced, the highest number in nearly two weeks.
In I ranHowever, the closure measures were also being relaxed. All mosques can temporarily reopen on Tuesday, the official IRIB news agency reported. Mohammad Qomi, director of the Islamic Development Organization, said they would only be open for three days, commemorating specific nights for the holy month of Ramadan. The semi-official Fars news agency said it was unclear if they would remain open. Mosques were opened for prayers on Friday last week in 180 cities that were considered low risk.
From Brazil Populist President Jair Bolsonaro said Monday that gyms and hair salons are essential services that could remain open, despite 5,632 new cases and 396 new deaths reported.
“The question of life must be taken in parallel with jobs,” Bolsonaro said outside his official residence, in comments reminiscent of Trump. “Without the economy there is no life, there are no doctors, there are no hospital supplies.”
Bolsonaro has been heavily criticized for his approach to the pandemic.
In total, Brazil has reported more than 169,000 cases, just behind Germany (172,576) and France (177,547). So far 11,625 deaths have been reported, making Brazil the sixth most affected country, behind the US. USA (80,397), the United Kingdom (32,141), Italy (30,379), Spain (26,744) and France (26,646).
In other coronavirus developments:
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Saudi Arabian-backed authorities in Yemen he declared Aden an “infested” city as the number of cases increased. At the same time, Riyadh announced that its main oil producer, Aramco, would cut oil production by another million barrels per day, or almost 12% of the country’s production, from June.
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The death toll from the new coronavirus among medical personnel in Mexico It has reached 111, and the virus has infected between 8,500 and 15,000 hospital workers.
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JapanThe Health Ministry will approve the coronavirus antigen test kits on Wednesday, a ministry official said Tuesday, in a move to increase the amount of diagnostic tests available to combat the pandemic.
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New Zealand No new cases were reported Tuesday. The country will move to the Level 2 blockade on Thursday.
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AustraliaThe treasury has forecast that GDP will fall more than 10% in the June quarter, which would represent the largest decline recorded in the country.
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Global coronavirus cases total 4,175,284, with deaths worldwide at 285,971, according to the Johns Hopkins tracker.
